| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 23 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 23 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 35 | ||||
| 15 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 23 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | Oxford United | 23 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Orient | 23 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Swansea Town | 24 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 39 | |||