| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 22 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 21 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Hull City | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 22 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 22 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 22 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Rotherham United | 21 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Derby County | 22 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Bristol City | 22 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Norwich City | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 20 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 28 | |||