| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 33 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 30 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 30 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 7 | 31 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 28 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Walsall | 30 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Gillingham | 31 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 30 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 31 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 31 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 32 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 32 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 39 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 30 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 30 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 22 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 29 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |||