| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 48 | 63 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 62 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 48 | 60 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 46 | 59 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 48 | 59 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 47 | 56 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 47 | 56 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Oxford United | 49 | 55 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 49 | 55 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 10 | 48 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 46 | 52 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 12 | 47 | 52 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | 47 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 47 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 48 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 47 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 17 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 47 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 47 | 47 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 47 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 46 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Coventry City | 47 | 45 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 24 | 46 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||