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