Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 44 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 26 | +46 | 89 (C) |
| 2 | Ipswich | 44 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +30 | 80 |
| 3 | Millwall | 45 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 24 | +13 | 80 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 45 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 27 | +25 | 79 |
| 5 | Southampton | 44 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 36 | +24 | 76 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 44 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 25 | +6 | 70 |
| 7 | Hull | 45 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 70 |
| 8 | Derby | 45 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 32 | +9 | 69 |
| 9 | Norwich | 45 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +8 | 65 |
| 10 | Birmingham | 45 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 33 | +1 | 63 |
| 11 | Swansea | 45 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | -4 | 61 |
| 12 | Preston | 45 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 60 |
| 13 | Bristol C | 45 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 59 |
| 14 | QPR | 45 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 33 | -9 | 58 |
| 15 | Sheff Utd | 45 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 32 | -1 | 57 |
| 16 | Watford | 45 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 38 | -8 | 57 |
| 17 | Stoke | 45 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 55 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 45 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 41 | -15 | 54 |
| 19 | Charlton | 45 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -12 | 53 |
| 20 | Blackburn | 45 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 29 | -13 | 52 |
| 21 | West Brom | 45 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 31 | -9 | 51 * |
| 22 | Oxford | 45 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 30 | -12 | 47 (R) |
| 23 | Leicester | 45 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 34 | -11 | 43 (R)* |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 45 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 45 | -61 | -3 (R)* |
