| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 14 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 13 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Hull City | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 13 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | Barnsley | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||