The Seagulls are four points above 18th-placed Everton and a win in Saturday's match against Swansea City could take Brighton into the top half of the table but Hughton is remaining grounded.
"I'm very conscious of making sure that everybody around here is very level-headed about what we've done," Hughton told The Argus.
"At this moment we haven't done anything and the points difference between us and third-bottom is only four. That can change in a two-game period, but I have to be pleased as a newly promoted side to be where we are after 10 games."
Swansea are 17th in the table and have lost four of their last five league games but captain Leon Britton could boost the team's chances as he hopes to recover from a groin injury in time for Brighton's visit.
"I've been getting some treatment, so it's about seeing how things go," Britton told the club's website. (www.swanseacity.com)
"But if everything goes well, I'm hoping to be back training ahead of the Brighton game and available for selection."
(Reporting by Aditi Prakash in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
