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