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