| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 27 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 28 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Burnley | 28 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 26 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 25 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 26 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 28 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 26 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 28 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 27 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 27 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 28 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 27 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 26 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 27 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 27 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 21 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Blackpool | 26 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 26 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 36 | |||