| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 25 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 25 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 25 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 24 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 24 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 25 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 25 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 25 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Port Vale | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 25 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Oxford United | 25 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 25 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||