| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 12 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | Blackpool | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||