| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 18 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 18 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Chelsea | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Leicester City | 18 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Norwich City | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 17 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 18 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||