Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | +29 | 44 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +9 | 39 |
| 3 | Millwall | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 4 | Ipswich | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +15 | 34 |
| 5 | Preston | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +6 | 32 |
| 6 | Hull | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | QPR | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 31 |
| 8 | Stoke | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | +7 | 30 |
| 9 | Southampton | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | +6 | 30 |
| 10 | Bristol C | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +5 | 30 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | +4 | 28 |
| 12 | Watford | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | +2 | 28 |
| 13 | Leicester | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | +1 | 28 |
| 14 | Wrexham | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | +1 | 27 |
| 15 | Derby | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 16 | West Brom | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 17 | Sheff Utd | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 18 | Swansea | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 19 | Charlton | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 20 | Blackburn | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -5 | 22 |
| 21 | Oxford | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 22 | Portsmouth | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Norwich | 20 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 19 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -22 | -9 (*)* |
