| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 41 | 88 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 41 | 82 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 41 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 41 | 74 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 41 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 24 | |||
| 6 | 40 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 7 | Notts. County | 41 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 41 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Stevenage | 40 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 41 | 54 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 51 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 41 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 41 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 41 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | 41 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 41 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Walsall | 41 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 19 | 41 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 41 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers | 41 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 41 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 39 | |||
| 23 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 38 | ||||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 41 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 44 | |||