| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 26 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 24 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 26 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 25 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 26 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 25 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Norwich City | 24 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 24 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Hull City | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 24 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 25 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 25 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Aston Villa | 25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |||