| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 14 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Preston North End | 13 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 14 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Stevenage | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Walsall | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 18 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 21 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Exeter City | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||