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