| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 22 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 22 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 21 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 22 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 21 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Port Vale | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 21 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 22 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Hull City | 20 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 22 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 22 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||