| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 31 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 30 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 30 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 31 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Blackpool | 29 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 30 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Leicester City | 29 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 31 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 29 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 29 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | 28 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 29 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 30 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 29 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 30 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 35 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 | |||