| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 21 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 21 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Southend United | 20 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Coventry City | 20 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Port Vale | 21 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 21 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Bristol City | 20 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 19 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Reading | 21 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 20 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||