| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 14 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Everton | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 13 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Leeds United | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Brentford | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 23 | |||