| Clubs | P | W | D | L | FA | Point | ||
| 1 | Swansea | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82-42 | 92 | |
| 2 | Nottm Forest | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 64-32 | 82 | |
| 3 | Doncaster R | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 65-41 | 80 | |
| 4 | Carlisle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64-46 | 80 | |
| 5 | Leeds * | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 72-38 | 76 | |
| 6 | Southend Utd | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 70-55 | 76 | |
| 7 | Brighton | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58-50 | 69 | |
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58-46 | 67 | |
| 9 | Northampton | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60-55 | 66 | |
| 10 | Huddersfield | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 50-62 | 66 | |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 52-47 | 65 | |
| 12 | Walsall | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52-46 | 64 | |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 63-56 | 61 | |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49-63 | 60 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 62-72 | 58 | |
| 16 | Hartlepool | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 63-66 | 54 | |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 45-53 | 53 | |
| 18 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 45-60 | 52 | |
| 19 | Yeovil T. | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 38-59 | 52 | |
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 42-64 | 51 | |
| 21 | Crewe | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47-65 | 50 | |
| 22 | Gillingham | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44-73 | 46 | |
| 23 | Port Vale | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47-81 | 38 | |
| 24 | Luton * | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 43-63 | 33 | |
| * Leeds deducted 15 points, Luton deducted 10 points | ||||||||