| Pos | Team | P | Home | Away | Total | Pts | GA | GD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | ||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 30 | 33 | 2.366 | 41 |
| 2 | Everton | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 40 | 31 | 1.625 | 25 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 41 | 27 | 1.902 | 37 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 38 | 25 | 1.342 | 13 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 50 | 25 | .940 | -3 |
| 6 | Accrington | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 56 | 24 | .946 | -3 |
| 7 | Derby County | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 55 | 21 | .781 | -12 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 51 | 19 | .843 | -8 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 54 | 65 | 19 | .830 | -11 |
| 10 | Notts County | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 51 | 17 | .843 | -8 |
| 11 | Burnley | 22 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 65 | 13 | .553 | -29 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 69 | 10 | .391 | -42 |