| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Derby County | 27 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 27 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 27 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 28 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 28 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 28 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 27 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 26 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 27 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 26 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Aston Villa | 28 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Bristol City | 27 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 26 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 27 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 32 | |||