| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Hull City | 17 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 18 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 18 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Swansea Town | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 12 | West Ham United | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 18 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 18 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 17 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Leicester City | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||