| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 28 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 29 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 28 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 29 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 28 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 29 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 27 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 27 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 28 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 40 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 27 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 28 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Gillingham | 29 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 49 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 29 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 41 | |||
| 23 | Watford | 29 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 39 | |||
| 24 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 32 | |||