| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 14 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 14 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | West Ham United | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Sunderland | 14 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Stoke City | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Leicester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||