| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 17 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 17 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 17 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Norwich City | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Bristol City | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 16 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||