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 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +22 | 71 |
| 3 | Ipswich | 38 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +28 | 69 |
| 4 | Millwall | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | +9 | 69 |
| 5 | Hull | 39 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 66 |
| 6 | Southampton | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 34 | +15 | 63 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 39 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +9 | 63 |
| 8 | Derby | 39 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +8 | 60 |
| 9 | Watford | 39 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | +4 | 56 |
| 10 | Norwich | 39 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 54 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 39 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 30 | -1 | 53 |
| 12 | QPR | 39 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -6 | 53 |
| 13 | Swansea | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 27 | -2 | 52 |
| 14 | Preston | 39 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -4 | 52 |
| 15 | Stoke | 39 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | +3 | 51 |
| 16 | Bristol C | 39 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | -1 | 51 |
| 17 | Sheff Utd | 39 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 50 |
| 18 | Charlton | 39 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 48 |
| 19 | Blackburn | 39 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | -13 | 43 |
| 20 | West Brom | 39 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 43 |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 38 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -17 | 40 |
| 22 | Leicester | 39 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -9 | 39 * |
| 23 | Oxford | 39 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 39 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 38 | -55 | -6 (R)* |
