| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Reading | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 12 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||