| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 28 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 28 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 25 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 27 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 27 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 28 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 26 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 27 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 27 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 27 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 27 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 27 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 41 | |||
| 18 | Swansea Town | 26 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 28 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 27 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 36 | |||