| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 12 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 11 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Bristol City | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Newport County | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Gillingham | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Watford | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |||