| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 15 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 15 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Swansea Town | 15 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Preston North End | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 16 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 15 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Leeds United | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||