| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 24 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 24 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 24 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 22 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 24 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 23 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 24 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 24 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Reading | 23 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 24 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 23 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Hull City | 24 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||