| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Southampton | 24 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 23 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 22 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Brentford | 24 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 22 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 22 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Swindon Town | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 24 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||