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