| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 33 | 67 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 34 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 36 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 35 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 33 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 35 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 33 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 34 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 12 | 33 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 34 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 40 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 33 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 34 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 34 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Swindon Town | 34 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 32 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 34 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 32 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 33 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 35 | |||