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