| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 29 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 29 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 27 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 28 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 28 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 7 | Leeds United | 27 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 29 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 28 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 27 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Leicester City | 28 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 28 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 28 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 28 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 41 | |||
| 18 | Swansea Town | 28 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 39 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | Luton Town | 28 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 29 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 38 | |||