| P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pt | PPG | ||
| 1 | Brighton and Hove A | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 90 | 1.96 |
| 2 | Reading | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 84 | 1.83 |
| 3 | Brentford | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 83 | 1.80 |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 75 | 50 | +25 | 83 | 1.80 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 80 | 1.74 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 78 | 1.70 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 73 | 1.59 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 71 | 1.54 |
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 77 | 65 | +12 | 70 | 1.52 |
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 64 | 1.39 |
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 58 | 64 | -6 | 64 | 1.39 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 63 | 1.37 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 56 | -10 | 59 | 1.28 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 62 | -11 | 58 | 1.26 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 76 | -11 | 57 | 1.24 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 66 | 69 | -3 | 56 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Peterborough United | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 55 | 1.20 |
| 18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 65 | -12 | 52 | 1.13 |
| 19 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 59 | 71 | -12 | 50 | 1.09 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 79 | -25 | 49 | 1.07 |
| 21 | Bournemouth | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 71 | -15 | 44 | 0.96 |
| 22 | Bury | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 75 | -32 | 44 | 0.96 |
| 23 | Wrexham | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 89 | -33 | 43 | 0.93 |
| 24 | Cambridge United | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 47 | 93 | -46 | 34 | 0.74 |
Points per game, average goal difference then average goals scored applies










