| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leeds United | 26 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 26 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 26 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Sunderland | 25 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Newcastle United | 25 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Oxford United | 26 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 26 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 26 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 26 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 26 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 26 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 26 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Barnsley | 26 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Hull City | 25 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Stoke City | 25 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||