| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 29 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 30 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 30 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 29 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 28 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 29 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 29 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Blackpool | 30 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 29 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 30 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 30 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Peterborough United | 30 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | Notts. County | 30 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | |||