| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 16 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 16 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Hull City | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 16 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Norwich City | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 16 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |||