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