| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 16 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 15 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 15 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 15 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Swansea Town | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |||