| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 21 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 19 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 20 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 20 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 20 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Leeds United | 19 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 19 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 19 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Stoke City | 19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 19 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 20 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Swansea Town | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |||