| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Southampton | 19 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 19 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 19 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 19 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 19 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Coventry City | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 19 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Colchester United | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Newport County | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||