| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 14 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 13 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Bristol City | 13 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Newport County | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Watford | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |||