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