| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Southend United | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Birmingham City | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Sunderland | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 23 | Peterborough United | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||