| Team | PL | GD | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Leeds United Leeds United | 28 | 34 | 59 |
| 2 |  Sheffield United Sheffield United | 28 | 22 | 58 |
| 3 |  Burnley Burnley | 28 | 27 | 56 |
| 4 |  Sunderland Sunderland | 28 | 18 | 54 |
| 5 |  Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 28 | 12 | 44 |
| 6 |  Blackburn Blackburn | 28 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 |  West Bromwich West Bromwich | 28 | 9 | 41 |
| 8 |  Watford Watford | 28 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 |  Bristol City Bristol City | 28 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 |  QPR QPR | 28 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 |  Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | -5 | 38 |
| 12 |  Norwich Norwich | 28 | 2 | 36 |
| 13 |  Coventry Coventry | 28 | 0 | 35 |
| 14 |  Oxford Oxford | 28 | -10 | 35 |
| 15 |  Swansea Swansea | 28 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 |  Preston Preston | 28 | -5 | 34 |
| 17 |  Millwall Millwall | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 18 |  Portsmouth Portsmouth | 27 | -11 | 29 |
| 19 |  Stoke Stoke | 28 | -10 | 28 |
| 20 |  Cardiff Cardiff | 28 | -12 | 28 |
| 21 |  Derby Derby | 28 | -7 | 27 |
| 22 |  Hull Hull | 28 | -11 | 26 |
| 23 |  Luton Luton | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 24 |  Plymouth Plymouth | 28 | -35 | 21 |