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