| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 30 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 29 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 28 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 30 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Hull City | 30 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 28 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 30 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 30 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 30 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 30 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 29 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 28 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 28 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 29 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 28 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 29 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||