| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 25 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Derby County | 24 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Stoke City | 25 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 25 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 25 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Birmingham City | 25 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 25 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 23 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 24 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 23 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 24 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||