| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | Leicester City | 18 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Everton | 18 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 19 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 18 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 18 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 19 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Swansea Town | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 18 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | ||||