Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +30 | 40 |
| 2 | Stoke | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +13 | 30 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +4 | 30 |
| 4 | Millwall | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 28 |
| 5 | Ipswich | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +12 | 27 |
| 6 | Preston | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +5 | 27 |
| 7 | Bristol C | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +5 | 26 |
| 8 | Derby | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +1 | 26 |
| 9 | Birmingham | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | +6 | 25 |
| 10 | Wrexham | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +3 | 25 |
| 11 | Hull | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | QPR | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +4 | 24 |
| 14 | Watford | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +2 | 24 |
| 15 | Leicester | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Charlton | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 17 | West Brom | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | Blackburn | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 19 | Swansea | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 17 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 21 | Sheff Utd | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Oxford | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 23 | Norwich | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -21 | -4 (*)* |
