| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 20 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Preston North End | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 22 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 20 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 20 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 21 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Southend United | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||