| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 28 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 29 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Stoke City | 27 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 27 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 28 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 26 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 27 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 28 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 27 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 27 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 29 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 27 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 33 | |||