| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 13 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 13 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Oxford United | 12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Cardiff City | 12 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |||