| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 12 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 12 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 12 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 12 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Hull City | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Birmingham City | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Burton Albion | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 23 | Sunderland | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 24 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||