| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 20 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 20 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Liverpool | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Swansea Town | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 20 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 20 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Derby County | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | |||