| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 19 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 19 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 19 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Halifax Town | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 19 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 18 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 19 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Norwich City | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | Notts. County | 19 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | ||||