| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 27 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 27 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 7 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 23 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Oxford United | 29 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 27 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| 18 | 28 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Walsall | 27 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 27 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Reading | 29 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 23 | Port Vale | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 | |||