| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Cambridge United | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Southend United | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Newcastle United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 24 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||