| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 13 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 18 | Barnsley | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Millwall | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||