| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 17 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Barrow | 18 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 16 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 17 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Watford | 18 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 18 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 16 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Walsall | 19 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 18 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 23 | |||