| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Reading | 13 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 13 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Sunderland | 13 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 13 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Derby County | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 13 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||