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