| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 19 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Derby County | 19 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 19 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 19 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 19 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 19 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Sunderland | 19 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||