| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 19 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 19 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 19 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 19 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 19 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Newcastle United | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||