| 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 | 33 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 34 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 33 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 34 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 34 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 35 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 36 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 35 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 35 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 34 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 35 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 34 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 35 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Manchester City | 35 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 34 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 35 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Stoke City | 34 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Port Vale | 34 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 32 | |||