There are 24 clubs in this division. Each club plays each of the others twice. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. At the end of the season a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained,
goal difference, goals scored, an
aggregate of the results between two or more clubs (ranked using the previous three criteria), most matches won, most goals scored away from home, fewest "penalty points" based on yellow and red cards received, followed by fewest straight red cards for certain offences. If two or more teams are still tied after examining all of these criteria, they will share the higher place between them. The only exception would be if the tied teams span the boundary between 2nd and 3rd, 6th and 7th, or 20th and 21st place, in which case one or more play-off matches would be arranged between the tied clubs. At the end of each season the top two clubs, together with the winner of the
play-offs between the clubs which finished in the third to sixth positions, are promoted to the
EFL Championship and are replaced by the three clubs that finished at the bottom of that division. The four clubs that finish at the bottom of EFL League One are relegated to
EFL League Two. They are replaced by the top three clubs and the club that won the fourth to seventh place
play-offs in League Two. :
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. ==Teams promoted from League One==