| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 22 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Bristol City | 22 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Gillingham | 22 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Reading | 22 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Watford | 20 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 22 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||