| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 24 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 24 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 24 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 24 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 24 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 24 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Newcastle United | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 24 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 24 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Derby County | 24 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||