| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 27 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 27 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Manchester City | 24 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 26 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Cardiff City | 26 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 26 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 25 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 26 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 26 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 25 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Leicester City | 26 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Swansea Town | 25 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 26 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 27 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 26 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 36 | |||