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