| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Preston North End | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 17 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 17 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 17 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 17 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Wrexham | 16 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Gillingham | 17 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||