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