| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cardiff City | 18 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 17 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Southend United | 17 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 17 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Port Vale | 17 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 17 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 17 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||