| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Southampton | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 14 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 14 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Portsmouth | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Stoke City | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Sunderland | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Swansea Town | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||