| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 26 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | ||||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 23 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 24 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 24 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Preston North End | 22 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 23 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 23 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 23 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Colchester United | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 24 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 23 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||