| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 21 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 21 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Walsall | 21 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 19 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 23 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 23 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 20 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 19 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 23 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 20 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 22 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 21 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Bristol City | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Preston North End | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||