| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 15 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 15 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 15 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Leicester City | 15 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 12 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 16 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 16 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 17 | West Ham United | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Everton | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||