| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 19 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 18 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 19 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Watford | 18 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 18 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 19 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Wimbledon | 19 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 19 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Millwall | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Walsall | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 19 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Stoke City | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||