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