| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 20 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Colchester United | 20 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 20 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 19 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 19 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 20 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 20 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | ||||