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