| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | Preston North End | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 13 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 12 | Colchester United | 13 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Stevenage | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 20 | AFC Bournemouth | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 24 | Exeter City | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||