| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 18 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 17 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 19 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 19 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Stoke City | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Manchester City | 18 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | Reading | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||