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