| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Southampton | 16 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 16 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 16 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 16 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 16 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Millwall | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Colchester United | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||