| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 27 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 28 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 28 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 28 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 27 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 29 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 28 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 28 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 29 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 30 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 30 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Newcastle United | 30 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 29 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | |||