| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Cambridge United | 23 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Leicester City | 24 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Portsmouth | 23 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 23 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 23 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Bristol City | 24 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | Port Vale | 26 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 24 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 26 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 25 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Newcastle United | 26 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 24 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||