Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 20 | +30 | 58 |
| 2 | Ipswich | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +23 | 50 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +12 | 49 |
| 4 | Hull | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 47 |
| 5 | Millwall | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 46 |
| 6 | Preston | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +7 | 43 |
| 7 | Stoke | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | +9 | 41 |
| 8 | Watford | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | +6 | 41 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 28 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +5 | 41 |
| 10 | Derby | 28 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +2 | 41 |
| 11 | Bristol C | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | +7 | 40 |
| 12 | QPR | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 40 |
| 13 | Birmingham | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | +1 | 38 |
| 14 | Leicester | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -2 | 38 |
| 15 | Swansea | 28 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 36 |
| 16 | Southampton | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -1 | 33 |
| 17 | Sheff Utd | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 26 | -3 | 32 |
| 18 | Charlton | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 19 | West Brom | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 24 | -12 | 31 |
| 20 | Norwich | 28 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 21 | Blackburn | 27 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 22 | Portsmouth | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 28 |
| 23 | Oxford | 27 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 27 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -37 | -7 * |
