| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 17 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 16 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 16 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 16 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||