| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Stoke City | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Sunderland | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||