| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 29 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 30 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 30 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 30 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 30 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 33 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 29 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 30 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 30 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 29 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 29 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 43 | |||
| 21 | Norwich City | 29 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 29 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 40 | |||