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