| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 18 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 17 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 17 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol City | 17 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 17 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||