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