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