| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 49 | 66 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 47 | 65 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 49 | 63 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 47 | 60 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 49 | 60 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 48 | 59 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 48 | 59 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Oxford United | 50 | 58 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 49 | 58 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 50 | 55 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 48 | 53 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 47 | 52 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 13 | 48 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | Port Vale | 49 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 48 | 50 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 48 | 49 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 48 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 48 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 47 | 48 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 49 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 47 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Coventry City | 48 | 45 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 24 | 47 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||