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