| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Manchester City | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 21 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 20 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 21 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 21 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 21 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Norwich City | 20 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 21 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Birmingham City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 20 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||