| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 12 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 14 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 15 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 15 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Norwich City | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Reading | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Manchester City | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |||