| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 16 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Southampton | 15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 15 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 15 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Leeds United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Stoke City | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||