| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Southampton | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 18 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 18 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 18 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Newport County | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||