Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 35 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | +34 | 71 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | +19 | 66 |
| 3 | Millwall | 35 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +7 | 62 |
| 4 | Ipswich | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +25 | 60 |
| 5 | Hull | 34 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 60 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 35 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +9 | 57 |
| 7 | Southampton | 35 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 32 | +11 | 53 |
| 8 | Derby | 35 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 51 |
| 9 | Watford | 35 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | +4 | 51 |
| 10 | Bristol C | 35 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | +4 | 50 |
| 11 | Preston | 35 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | +1 | 49 |
| 12 | Birmingham | 35 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 49 |
| 13 | Sheff Utd | 35 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 28 | +2 | 48 |
| 14 | Stoke | 35 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | +5 | 47 |
| 15 | QPR | 35 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -8 | 47 |
| 16 | Swansea | 35 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 46 |
| 17 | Norwich | 35 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +3 | 45 |
| 18 | Charlton | 35 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -11 | 41 |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 34 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -10 | 39 |
| 20 | Blackburn | 35 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | -13 | 38 |
| 21 | West Brom | 35 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 30 | -18 | 35 |
| 22 | Leicester | 35 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 31 | -9 | 34 * |
| 23 | Oxford | 35 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -16 | 32 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 35 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 33 | -50 | -7 (R)* |
