| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 12 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 13 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Leicester City | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 24 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||