| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 23 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 24 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 23 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Leeds United | 22 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 23 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 24 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 23 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 23 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 22 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 23 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 24 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 23 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 22 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Millwall | 23 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||