| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 16 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 15 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 15 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Watford | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 20 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Aldershot | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 24 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||