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