| 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 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Sunderland | 14 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 14 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 14 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 11 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 14 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 14 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||