| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 24 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 24 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 24 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 24 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 24 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | Blackpool | 23 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 25 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 25 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 25 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||