| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 15 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Stoke City | 16 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 12 | West Ham United | 14 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 15 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Liverpool | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Rotherham United | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 25 | ||||