| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 21 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 20 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 18 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Oxford United | 22 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Reading | 21 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 20 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 24 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | ||||