| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 18 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 19 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 19 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 18 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 17 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 19 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Swindon Town | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Oxford United | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||