| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 28 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 2 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | Walsall | 28 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Reading | 27 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 27 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 28 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Oxford United | 28 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 28 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 28 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 28 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 27 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | Colchester United | 27 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Orient | 25 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 34 | |||