| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 14 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 13 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 16 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Norwich City | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Manchester City | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |||