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