| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 40 | 77 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 40 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 39 | 67 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 39 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 39 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 40 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 40 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 39 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 39 | 58 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 40 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 40 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | Millwall | 41 | 52 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 41 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 40 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 40 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 40 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 40 | 49 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 36 | |||
| 17 | 40 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | ||||
| 18 | Newport County | 39 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Gillingham | 40 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 41 | 47 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 39 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 40 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Blackpool | 41 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 45 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 39 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 46 | |||