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