| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 26 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 25 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 25 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 25 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 25 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 25 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 25 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 25 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 25 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Norwich City | 25 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 25 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 26 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 25 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 25 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Burton Albion | 25 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Birmingham City | 25 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 22 | |||