| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 25 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 23 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 22 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 23 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 23 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 23 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 23 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 23 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 22 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Hull City | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 23 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 23 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Southampton | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 23 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | |||