| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 26 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 27 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 27 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Birmingham City | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 27 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 26 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 27 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 26 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 26 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 39 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 22 | Norwich City | 26 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | |||