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