| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 25 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Watford | 25 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 25 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 24 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 23 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 24 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 24 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 26 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 24 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 24 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 25 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 24 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 37 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | |||