| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 27 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 25 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 27 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 26 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 27 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 26 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 25 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Blackpool | 27 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 28 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 25 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 26 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 28 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 26 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||