| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 24 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 23 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 22 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Burnley | 24 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 24 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 24 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 23 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 22 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Brentford | 24 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 24 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 23 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Fulham | 24 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Millwall | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 23 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 24 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||