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