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