| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 16 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 16 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 15 | West Ham United | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||