| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 36 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 36 | 71 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 34 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 36 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 35 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 36 | 59 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 36 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 35 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 35 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 36 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 34 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 35 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 35 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Preston North End | 35 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 36 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 35 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 36 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 36 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 35 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 36 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Stoke City | 36 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 36 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 41 | |||