| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 20 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 20 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Oxford United | 18 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 20 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 19 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 20 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||