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