| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 28 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 29 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 29 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 28 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 29 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 29 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 28 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Derby County | 29 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 28 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 28 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 28 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Norwich City | 28 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | |||