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