| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 17 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 16 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 16 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 16 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Portsmouth | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Swansea Town | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Newcastle United | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 15 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||