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