Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 25 | +38 | 77 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +22 | 70 |
| 3 | Ipswich | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +28 | 68 |
| 4 | Millwall | 38 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +9 | 68 |
| 5 | Hull | 38 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +3 | 63 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 37 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +10 | 60 |
| 7 | Southampton | 37 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 34 | +12 | 57 |
| 8 | Derby | 37 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +6 | 54 |
| 9 | Birmingham | 38 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 53 |
| 10 | Watford | 37 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | +2 | 52 |
| 11 | Swansea | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 27 | -2 | 52 |
| 12 | Norwich | 37 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 51 |
| 13 | Stoke | 38 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 19 | +5 | 51 |
| 14 | Bristol C | 38 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 51 |
| 15 | Sheff Utd | 38 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 31 | +1 | 50 |
| 16 | QPR | 38 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -11 | 50 |
| 17 | Preston | 38 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 49 |
| 18 | Charlton | 38 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 48 |
| 19 | Blackburn | 38 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | -13 | 42 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 36 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 40 |
| 21 | West Brom | 38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 31 | -15 | 40 |
| 22 | Oxford | 38 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 25 | -13 | 39 |
| 23 | Leicester | 38 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -9 | 38 * |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 38 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 35 | -53 | -6 (R)* |
