| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 26 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 26 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 26 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 26 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 26 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 26 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 26 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 25 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 26 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 26 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 26 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 26 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 26 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Cardiff City | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Rotherham United | 26 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |||