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