| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 37 | 79 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 38 | 77 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 36 | 65 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 38 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 60 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 36 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 38 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 37 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Wimbledon | 37 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Gillingham | 37 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Preston North End | 37 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 38 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 36 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 38 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 37 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 37 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 37 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 38 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 37 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 38 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 37 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Stoke City | 38 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 38 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 34 | |||