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