| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Oxford United | 21 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 23 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 23 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 23 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 22 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 23 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 23 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield United | 24 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||