| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 23 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 23 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 23 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 21 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 22 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Birmingham City | 22 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 22 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 23 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 23 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 23 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 21 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Aston Villa | 23 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Watford | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||