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