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