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