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