| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 25 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 24 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Burnley | 25 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 23 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 25 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 25 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 24 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 25 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 25 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 24 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 25 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | Blackpool | 24 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 24 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Fulham | 25 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Oxford United | 25 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 24 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 25 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 31 | |||