| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 31 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 31 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 31 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 31 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 31 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 32 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 32 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 31 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 32 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 32 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 32 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 29 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Derby County | 31 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||