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