| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 45 | 56 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 43 | 55 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 43 | 55 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 44 | 55 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 44 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 45 | 52 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | 45 | 51 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 51 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 44 | 51 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 44 | 49 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Oxford United | 46 | 48 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 43 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 43 | 47 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 44 | 46 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 44 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 44 | 46 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 17 | 43 | 45 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 43 | 44 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 44 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 43 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 21 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 22 | Walsall | 44 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Coventry City | 44 | 41 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||