| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 19 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Southampton | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 19 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 14 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | Notts. County | 18 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 24 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | ||||