| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 19 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 18 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 20 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 19 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | Blackpool | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 20 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Fulham | 20 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | Millwall | 19 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 20 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||