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