| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 30 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 3 | 29 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 30 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 25 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Reading | 28 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 26 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Southampton | 27 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | Brentford | 26 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 26 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 29 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 26 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 27 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 26 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Norwich City | 25 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Notts. County | 27 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 23 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 40 | ||||
| 24 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 32 | ||||