| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 17 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 16 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 16 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 16 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 16 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Fulham | 16 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Burton Albion | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Birmingham City | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Sunderland | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||