| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Notts. County | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Brentford | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Stevenage | 16 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Preston North End | 15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Chesterfield | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||