| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Leicester City | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 19 | Reading | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||