| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 17 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 17 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 17 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 17 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 17 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Norwich City | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Birmingham City | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | |||