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