| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 21 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 20 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 20 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 20 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 20 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Everton | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 20 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Brentford | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 19 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Southampton | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | |||