| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 21 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 22 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 22 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 22 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Oxford United | 24 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 18 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Reading | 23 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 23 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 22 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 22 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 22 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | ||||