| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 16 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 16 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 17 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 17 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Coventry City | 17 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | Burnley | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Wimbledon | 17 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 17 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Stoke City | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||