| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Stevenage | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Brentford | 18 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 18 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Preston North End | 17 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 18 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||