| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 26 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 26 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 25 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Watford | 25 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 24 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 26 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 26 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 26 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Stockport County | 26 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 26 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 26 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Oxford United | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | |||