| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 22 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 22 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 22 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 23 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Leicester City | 22 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 22 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 23 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Barnsley | 22 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | West Ham United | 23 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Swansea Town | 23 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 23 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |||