| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 20 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Swindon Town | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 20 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Orient | 19 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | Swansea Town | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | |||