| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 33 | 68 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 33 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Sunderland | 32 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 33 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 32 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 33 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 34 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 33 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 34 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 35 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 34 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 34 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 34 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Reading | 33 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 33 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 34 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 20 | 34 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Stoke City | 34 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 34 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Manchester City | 34 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 33 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | |||