| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Southampton | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 24 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| 6 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 24 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 24 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 24 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 24 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 24 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 24 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 25 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Aldershot | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 24 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 32 | |||