| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 20 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 19 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 19 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 20 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 19 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 18 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 18 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Manchester City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 19 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Norwich City | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||