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