| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 28 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 27 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 27 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 26 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 26 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 28 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 28 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 28 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 27 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 28 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 28 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Oxford United | 26 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 26 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 27 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 26 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 27 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |||