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