| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 27 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 25 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 25 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 26 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 25 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 27 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 26 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Bristol City | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 26 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 28 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 28 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Newcastle United | 28 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 26 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | |||