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