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