| 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 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 14 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 14 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Derby County | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 13 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 14 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 14 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 14 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Birmingham City | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Burton Albion | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Sunderland | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |||