| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 20 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 19 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 21 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 21 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 21 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 20 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Walsall | 21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 21 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 20 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | Millwall | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Fulham | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 21 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |||