| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 25 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | 24 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 4 | Southampton | 24 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 23 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 24 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 9 | Newport County | 24 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 25 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 24 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 23 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 22 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 24 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Norwich City | 23 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 24 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 24 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 23 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 33 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||