| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 20 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 20 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 20 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 20 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 20 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Notts. County | 20 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Chesterfield | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||