| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 17 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 17 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Millwall | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Blackpool | 17 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Preston North End | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Burnley | 17 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 23 | Brentford | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||