| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 11 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 13 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Manchester City | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Southend United | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||