| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leeds United | 25 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 26 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 3 | Swansea Town | 26 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 25 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 6 | Stoke City | 26 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 26 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Liverpool | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 25 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 24 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 35 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 41 | ||||
| 16 | Barnsley | 26 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 26 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 19 | West Ham United | 25 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 36 | ||||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 36 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 33 | |||