| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 17 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 17 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Fulham | 17 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 17 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 17 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 17 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 17 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||