| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 21 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Bristol City | 21 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 20 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 21 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 19 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||