| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 26 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 26 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 27 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 25 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Wrexham | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Gillingham | 25 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 27 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 25 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 26 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 25 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 25 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | |||