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