| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 33 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Oxford United | 30 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 32 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 32 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 32 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 33 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 32 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 30 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 31 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Wimbledon | 31 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 42 | |||
| 15 | 33 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 32 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 32 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 33 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 32 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 32 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | |||