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