| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Reading | 16 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Southend United | 17 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Hull City | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 16 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Brentford | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Bradford City | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | ||||