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