| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Derby County | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 17 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 17 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 17 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 17 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Stoke City | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||