Standing
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | Goals | GD | P | Last 5 |
| 1 | Leeds | 45 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 93-29 | +64 | 97 | |
| 2 | Burnley | 45 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 66-15 | +51 | 97 | |
| 3 | Sheffield U | 45 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 62-35 | +27 | 89 | |
| 4 | Sunderland | 45 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 58-43 | +15 | 76 | |
| 5 | Bristol C | 45 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 57-53 | +4 | 67 | |
| 6 | Coventry C | 45 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 62-58 | +4 | 66 | |
| 7 | Millwall | 45 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 46-46 | 0 | 66 | |
| 8 | Blackburn | 45 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 52-47 | +5 | 65 | |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 45 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 64-54 | +10 | 64 | |
| 10 | WBA | 45 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 52-44 | +8 | 61 | |
| 11 | Swansea | 45 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 48-53 | -5 | 60 | |
| 12 | Sheffield W | 45 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 59-68 | -9 | 57 | |
| 13 | Watford | 45 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 52-60 | -8 | 56 | |
| 14 | Norwich | 45 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 67-66 | +1 | 54 | |
| 15 | QPR | 45 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 52-63 | -11 | 53 | |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 45 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 57-70 | -13 | 53 | |
| 17 | Oxford U | 45 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 46-62 | -16 | 52 | |
| 18 | Stoke | 45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 45-62 | -17 | 50 | |
| 19 | Derby | 45 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 48-56 | -8 | 49 | |
| 20 | Preston | 45 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 46-57 | -11 | 49 | |
| 21 | Luton | 45 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 42-64 | -22 | 49 | |
| 22 | Hull | 45 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 43-53 | -10 | 48 | |
| 23 | Plymouth | 45 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 50-86 | -36 | 46 | |
| 24 | Cardiff | 45 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 46-69 | -23 | 44 | |
