| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hull City | 26 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 25 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 26 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 24 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 25 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Carlisle United | 26 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 26 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 26 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 26 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 26 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 25 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 26 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 25 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 25 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 24 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 25 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |||