| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 24 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 24 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Gillingham | 24 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 24 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 24 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Hull City | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 24 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Watford | 22 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 24 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 24 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Barnsley | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 37 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 24 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||