| P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pt | PPG | ||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 56 | 2.43 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 56 | 2.43 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 55 | 2.39 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 53 | 2.30 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 49 | 2.13 |
| 6 | Stockport County | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 48 | 2.09 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 47 | 2.04 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 45 | 1.96 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 42 | 1.83 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 39 | 1.70 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 38 | 1.65 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 35 | 1.52 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 35 | 1.52 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 35 | 1.52 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 33 | 1.43 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 33 | 1.43 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 1.39 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 32 | 1.39 |
| 19 | Bury | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 1.35 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 30 | 1.30 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 40 | -10 | 29 | 1.26 |
| 22 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 28 | 1.22 |
| 23 | Port Vale | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 27 | 1.17 |
| 24 | Manchester City | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 24 | 1.04 |
Points per game, average goal difference then average goals scored applies










