| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Bristol City | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 19 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 20 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 19 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 20 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Port Vale | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||