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