| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 26 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 25 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 24 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 23 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 24 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 24 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 24 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 24 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 24 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | Brentford | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 23 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Swansea Town | 24 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 21 | Southampton | 25 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 33 | |||