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