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