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