| 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 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 19 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 19 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 19 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Stevenage | 19 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 19 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Walsall | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||