| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 24 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 26 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Newcastle United | 26 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Norwich City | 28 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 23 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 26 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 27 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Orient | 26 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Wrexham | 25 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||