| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 29 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 28 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 28 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 30 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Port Vale | 29 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 30 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 29 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 30 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 30 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 30 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 21 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 29 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 28 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |||