| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 21 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Chesterfield | 22 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 22 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 23 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 22 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 22 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 23 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 23 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 23 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 23 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 16 | Newport County | 20 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 22 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Fulham | 23 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 22 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 22 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 22 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||