| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southampton | 25 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 3 | Colchester United | 26 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 26 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 25 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 23 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 26 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 26 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 26 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Millwall | 25 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 30 | ||||
| 17 | Walsall | 26 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 26 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 25 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 24 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 25 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 23 | Norwich City | 26 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 26 | |||