| 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 | 27 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 27 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 28 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 27 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 27 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 27 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 28 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Chelsea | 28 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 18 | 28 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 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 | |||