| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 29 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 28 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 29 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 28 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Cardiff City | 29 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Burnley | 29 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 29 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Luton Town | 29 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Stoke City | 29 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 28 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 29 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 29 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 28 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Millwall | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 35 | |||