| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 28 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 28 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | 28 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 24 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Oxford United | 30 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 28 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 28 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 28 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Reading | 30 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 29 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Port Vale | 27 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||