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