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