| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Walsall | 27 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 25 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Cardiff City | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 25 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 24 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Millwall | 25 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 24 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 24 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Colchester United | 26 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||