| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 32 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 30 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 34 | 56 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 33 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 33 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 31 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 32 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Leicester City | 30 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 32 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 32 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 33 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 31 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 31 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 32 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 33 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 30 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 29 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Cardiff City | 31 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||