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