| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 27 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 28 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 28 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 28 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 28 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Sunderland | 28 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 28 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 27 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 28 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Norwich City | 28 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 28 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 28 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 28 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 28 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Leeds United | 27 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | ||||