| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 18 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Millwall | 19 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 18 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Bristol City | 18 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 18 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 19 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 18 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | ||||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||