| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 25 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 24 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 25 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 24 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 24 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 25 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 24 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Oxford United | 24 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 24 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 24 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 24 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 23 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 24 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 23 | |||