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