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