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