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