| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Colchester United | 22 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Southend United | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Watford | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | Aldershot | 20 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 23 | |||