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