| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 12 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Everton | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 18 | West Ham United | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 19 | Leeds United | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Southampton | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Barnsley | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||