| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 16 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Sunderland | 16 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Stoke City | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 16 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 16 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Derby County | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Bristol City | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||