| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 26 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 26 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 26 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 26 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 27 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Chelsea | 27 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 27 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 27 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 26 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Derby County | 26 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||