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