| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 18 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 17 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | Walsall | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 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 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||||