| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | Watford | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 16 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Southend United | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | Aldershot | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | ||||