| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 19 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 18 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 18 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 18 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 19 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 18 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 17 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 17 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 17 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Norwich City | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||