| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 20 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 20 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 20 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 20 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 20 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 20 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Sunderland | 20 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 20 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 20 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||