| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 12 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Birmingham City | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Stockport County | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | Norwich City | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Reading | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||