| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 28 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 27 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 29 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Walsall | 28 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 28 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | 28 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Watford | 29 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 29 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 26 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Chesterfield | 27 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |||