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