| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 21 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Oxford United | 19 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 21 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 21 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 20 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 21 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||