| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 23 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Watford | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 23 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 23 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 21 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 23 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 23 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 23 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Barnsley | 23 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 22 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Luton Town | 23 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 39 | |||