| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 24 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 24 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Leeds United | 23 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 24 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 24 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Cardiff City | 24 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 24 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 23 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 24 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 24 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 24 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 23 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 23 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Millwall | 24 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||