| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 29 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 30 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 29 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 30 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Derby County | 29 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 31 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 29 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 30 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 31 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 30 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 31 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Newcastle United | 31 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 30 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 29 | |||