| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 25 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 25 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 27 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Port Vale | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 25 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 25 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 24 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 26 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 23 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 25 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 20 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Aldershot | 25 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 23 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 24 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | ||||