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