| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 22 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Leicester City | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 21 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Birmingham City | 21 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 21 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 21 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 21 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Brentford | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Southampton | 22 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 20 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | |||