| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 67 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Stevenage | 28 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 11 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 29 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 29 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 28 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Preston North End | 29 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | 30 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Exeter City | 31 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 29 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Chesterfield | 30 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | ||||