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