| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 22 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 22 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 22 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 34 | ||||
| 8 | Coventry City | 23 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 22 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 22 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 23 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 22 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 22 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 22 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 22 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 22 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Reading | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Swindon Town | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 35 | |||