| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 20 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 20 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Sunderland | 20 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 20 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 20 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 20 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 20 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Stoke City | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 20 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||