| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burnley | 21 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Blackpool | 22 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Oxford United | 22 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 21 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 22 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 21 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 21 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Bristol City | 22 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 22 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 22 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Sunderland | 21 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | |||