| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 29 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 29 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 29 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Watford | 30 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Norwich City | 28 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 29 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 29 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 29 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 29 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 29 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Bristol City | 29 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Port Vale | 29 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||