| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cardiff City | 26 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 28 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 27 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 27 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Exeter City | 27 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 28 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 29 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 26 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 27 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 26 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 27 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 27 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 42 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Norwich City | 29 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 41 | |||