| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 26 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 27 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Millwall | 26 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 27 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 27 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 25 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 27 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 26 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Norwich City | 26 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 26 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 25 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 27 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Bristol City | 26 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 25 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 26 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | |||