| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cardiff City | 26 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 28 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 26 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 27 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 28 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 27 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 26 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Norwich City | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 27 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 25 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 27 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Preston North End | 26 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 25 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 27 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |||