| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Millwall | 15 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 15 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 14 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Sunderland | 14 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 15 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Stoke City | 15 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Reading | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Derby County | 15 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Luton Town | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Port Vale | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||