| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 26 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Stevenage | 25 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 25 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 26 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 9 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 25 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 26 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 26 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||