| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 23 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | Southampton | 22 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 22 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 21 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 22 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 12 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 21 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Norwich City | 21 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 22 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||