| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Stevenage | 17 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Brentford | 17 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 17 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Preston North End | 16 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Chesterfield | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||