| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 31 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Manchester City | 29 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 31 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 30 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 30 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 31 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 30 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 30 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 28 | ||||
| 11 | Southampton | 30 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 30 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 29 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 30 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 30 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 32 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 43 | |||
| 18 | Swansea Town | 30 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 43 | |||
| 19 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 41 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 31 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 30 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 31 | |||