| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | West Ham United | 14 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 13 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Portsmouth | 14 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Newcastle United | 13 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Leicester City | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||