| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 13 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 13 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 13 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Watford | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Coventry City | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 13 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 13 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 14 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Preston North End | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Stoke City | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Wimbledon | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||