| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cardiff City | 31 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 29 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 29 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 28 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 30 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 30 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 29 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 29 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 28 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 30 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Aston Villa | 30 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Preston North End | 27 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 30 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 37 | ||||
| 21 | Oxford United | 29 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 32 | |||