| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leeds United | 25 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 25 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Sunderland | 25 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 25 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Newcastle United | 24 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 25 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 25 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 25 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Leicester City | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 25 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 25 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 24 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 25 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 25 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Stoke City | 24 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||