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