| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 13 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 15 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Stoke City | 15 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Oxford United | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Norwich City | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Manchester City | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||