| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 17 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 17 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 17 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 17 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Reading | 17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||