| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 16 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Derby County | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 16 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 16 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Manchester City | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Swansea Town | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Preston North End | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||