| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 17 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 17 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 17 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 23 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | Walsall | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||