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