| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 29 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 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 | 28 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 28 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 29 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 30 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 27 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 28 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 27 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Blackpool | 28 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 28 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 29 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 28 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 33 | |||