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