| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 18 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Liverpool | 17 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 17 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Swansea Town | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||