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