| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wigan | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37:20 | 17 | 43 | |
| 2. | Sunderland | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 31:20 | 11 | 42 | |
| 3. | Derby | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 33:30 | 3 | 39 | |
| 4. | Sheffield Utd | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29:33 | -4 | 33 | |
| 5. | West Ham | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30:32 | -2 | 32 | |
| 6. | Ipswich | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 32:30 | 2 | 31 | |
| 7. | Leeds | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21:26 | -5 | 29 | |
| 8. | Wolves | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 32:33 | -1 | 28 | |
| 9. | Watford | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27:34 | -7 | 27 | |
| 10. | Stoke | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14:20 | -6 | 26 | |
| 11. | Preston | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23:36 | -13 | 26 | |
| 12. | Leicester | 23 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 25:26 | -1 | 25 | |
| 13. | Millwall | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18:23 | -5 | 25 | |
| 14. | QPR | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22:32 | -10 | 25 | |
| 15. | Reading | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18:29 | -11 | 24 | |
| 16. | Crewe | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29:48 | -19 | 24 | |
| 17. | Burnley | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12:20 | -8 | 23 | |
| 18. | Brighton | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16:36 | -20 | 23 | |
| 19. | Coventry | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 29:45 | -16 | 21 | |
| 20. | Cardiff | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 24:32 | -8 | 20 | |
| 21. | Plymouth | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 21:41 | -20 | 18 | |
| 22. | Rotherham | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18:35 | -17 | 16 | |
| 23. | Gillingham | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23:43 | -20 | 14 | |
| 24. | Nottingham | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16:38 | -22 | 13 |