| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 27 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 26 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 26 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 26 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 26 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 26 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 26 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 26 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 26 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 26 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 26 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 27 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Burton Albion | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Birmingham City | 26 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Sunderland | 26 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||