| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 20 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 20 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 20 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Swansea Town | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Liverpool | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | Birmingham City | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 33 | ||||
| 19 | Port Vale | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 34 | |||