| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 29 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 26 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Leicester City | 27 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 5 | Birmingham City | 27 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 28 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 28 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 27 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 27 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 27 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 26 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 26 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Swansea Town | 27 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 42 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 27 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 38 | |||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 26 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Southampton | 28 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 27 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 39 | |||