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