| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 20 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 19 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 20 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 20 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Preston North End | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 19 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||