| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 26 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 28 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 29 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Newcastle United | 28 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Chelsea | 27 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 28 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 25 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 28 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 28 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 28 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 26 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | Cardiff City | 28 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||