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