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