| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leeds | 46 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 95:30 | 65 | 100 | |
| 2. | Burnley | 46 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 69:16 | 53 | 100 | |
| 3. | Sheffield Utd | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 63:36 | 27 | 90 | |
| 4. | Sunderland | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 58:44 | 14 | 76 | |
| 5. | Coventry | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 64:58 | 6 | 69 | |
| 6. | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 59:55 | 4 | 68 | |
| 7. | Blackburn | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 53:48 | 5 | 66 | |
| 8. | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 47:49 | -2 | 66 | |
| 9. | West Brom | 46 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 57:47 | 10 | 64 | |
| 10. | Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 64:56 | 8 | 64 | |
| 11. | Swansea | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 51:56 | -5 | 61 | |
| 12. | Sheffield Wed | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 60:69 | -9 | 58 | |
| 13. | Norwich | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 71:68 | 3 | 57 | |
| 14. | Watford | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 53:61 | -8 | 57 | |
| 15. | QPR | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53:63 | -10 | 56 | |
| 16. | Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58:71 | -13 | 54 | |
| 17. | Oxford Utd | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 49:65 | -16 | 53 | |
| 18. | Stoke | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 45:62 | -17 | 51 | |
| 19. | Derby | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 48:56 | -8 | 50 | |
| 20. | Preston | 46 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 48:59 | -11 | 50 | |
| 21. | Hull | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44:54 | -10 | 49 | |
| 22. | Luton | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 45:69 | -24 | 49 | |
| 23. | Plymouth | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 51:88 | -37 | 46 | |
| 24. | Cardiff | 46 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 48:73 | -25 | 44 |