| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 18 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 18 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 18 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Newcastle United | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 18 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||