| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 29 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 28 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 24 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 27 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Brentford | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 26 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Blackpool | 28 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Reading | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 26 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Hull City | 28 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||