| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 24 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | Brentford | 23 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 23 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Crawley Town | 24 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Stevenage | 23 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 23 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 24 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Preston North End | 24 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 24 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 23 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 23 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |||