| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 23 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 24 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 23 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 24 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 24 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 24 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 24 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Rotherham United | 23 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | Derby County | 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 23 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 23 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Norwich City | 24 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||