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