| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 15 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 15 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 15 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 15 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 15 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 15 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield United | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Reading | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Peterborough United | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 24 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||