| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 27 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 26 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Stoke City | 27 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 27 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 27 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Sunderland | 26 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 27 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 27 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 26 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 26 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 26 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||