| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Wrexham | 15 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Fulham | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 16 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 24 | ||||