| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 33 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 32 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 31 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 32 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 31 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 31 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 32 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 32 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 32 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 11 | 33 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 32 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 33 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 32 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 33 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 32 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 31 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 32 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Gillingham | 32 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Fulham | 31 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 30 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 30 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 23 | Blackpool | 31 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 30 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 40 | |||