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