| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Southend United | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 23 | Aldershot | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||