| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 20 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 20 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Chelsea | 21 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Newcastle United | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 20 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 19 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Rotherham United | 19 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Wrexham | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||