| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Cambridge United | 22 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Derby County | 22 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 23 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 22 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 25 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Millwall | 23 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Sunderland | 24 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 25 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 23 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 23 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Newcastle United | 25 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 23 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||