| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 17 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 17 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Birmingham City | 17 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | West Ham United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Leeds United | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 16 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Notts. County | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Swansea Town | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||