| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 17 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 17 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Sunderland | 17 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 16 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Stoke City | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||