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