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