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