| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 27 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 28 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Wrexham | 28 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 26 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 27 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Blackpool | 27 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 26 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | Brentford | 28 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 28 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 28 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 28 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||