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