| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 17 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 16 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Chelsea | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 17 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Leicester City | 16 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Wrexham | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||