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