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