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