| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Fulham | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 10 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Wimbledon | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Stockport County | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Norwich City | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||