| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 18 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 18 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 18 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Sunderland | 18 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 17 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 18 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Leicester City | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Hull City | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 24 | Stoke City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||