| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Cambridge United | 24 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 25 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 24 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 24 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Portsmouth | 24 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 25 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 25 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Sunderland | 26 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 25 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 27 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 27 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Newcastle United | 27 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 24 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||