| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 31 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 31 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 29 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 30 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Norwich City | 30 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 31 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 31 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 31 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 31 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 31 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 30 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Wimbledon | 30 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 29 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Preston North End | 31 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 30 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 31 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Stoke City | 31 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||