| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 22 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 22 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 22 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 22 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Norwich City | 22 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 22 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Oxford United | 22 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 22 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 22 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Birmingham City | 22 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 22 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 22 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||