| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Manchester City | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 21 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 21 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 21 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Sheffield United | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 20 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 20 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Swansea Town | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Brentford | 21 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 21 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | |||