| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 20 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Derby County | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 20 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Stoke City | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Birmingham City | 20 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 20 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 19 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 19 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||