| Team | PL | GD | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sunderland Sunderland | 16 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 |  Sheffield United Sheffield United | 16 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 |  Burnley Burnley | 16 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 |  Leeds United Leeds United | 15 | 15 | 29 |
| 5 |  Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 16 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 |  West Bromwich West Bromwich | 16 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 |  Watford Watford | 16 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 |  Millwall Millwall | 16 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 |  Blackburn Blackburn | 15 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 |  Bristol City Bristol City | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 |  Derby Derby | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 |  Stoke Stoke | 16 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 |  Norwich Norwich | 16 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 |  Swansea Swansea | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| 15 |  Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 |  Luton Luton | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 |  Coventry Coventry | 16 | -1 | 17 |
| 18 |  Oxford Oxford | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 19 |  Plymouth Plymouth | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 |  Preston Preston | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 |  Cardiff Cardiff | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 |  Hull Hull | 16 | -5 | 15 |
| 23 |  Portsmouth Portsmouth | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 24 |  QPR QPR | 16 | -13 | 11 |