| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 19 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 20 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 21 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 19 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 20 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Newport County | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 20 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||