| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 25 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 25 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 25 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 26 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 25 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 25 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 25 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Port Vale | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 24 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 26 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 26 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 25 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 26 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 26 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||