| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 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 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 14 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 14 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 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 | 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 | Scunthorpe United | 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 | |||