| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 23 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 23 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 23 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 21 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 23 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Barnsley | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 22 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Exeter City | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 22 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 23 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 25 | ||||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Hull City | 23 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||