| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Millwall | 16 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Oxford United | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 16 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 16 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 16 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 23 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||