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