| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 25 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 25 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 25 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 25 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 24 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 39 | |||
| 12 | Norwich City | 24 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 24 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 25 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 23 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | |||