| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 27 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 27 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 29 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 28 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Leicester City | 28 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 27 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Norwich City | 27 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 28 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 26 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 28 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 26 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 27 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 27 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 26 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |||