| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 24 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 25 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Derby County | 25 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 24 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 24 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 25 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 24 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 24 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 24 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 25 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | 24 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 25 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Burton Albion | 24 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Sunderland | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Birmingham City | 24 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 22 | |||