| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 23 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 24 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 24 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 23 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 10 | 24 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Wrexham | 23 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 23 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 24 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 23 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 23 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 23 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 24 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | ||||