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