Current Holders: Leeds
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Coventry | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 25 | +42 | 83 |
| 2 | Millwall | 40 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +10 | 72 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 40 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +21 | 71 |
| 4 | Ipswich | 38 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +28 | 69 |
| 5 | Hull | 40 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 67 |
| 6 | Wrexham | 40 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +9 | 64 |
| 7 | Southampton | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 34 | +15 | 63 |
| 8 | Derby | 40 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +7 | 60 |
| 9 | Watford | 40 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 28 | +3 | 56 |
| 10 | QPR | 40 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -5 | 56 |
| 11 | Norwich | 40 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 55 |
| 12 | Stoke | 40 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | +5 | 54 |
| 13 | Bristol C | 40 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 54 |
| 14 | Birmingham | 40 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 30 | -2 | 53 |
| 15 | Preston | 40 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -4 | 53 |
| 16 | Swansea | 40 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 53 |
| 17 | Sheff Utd | 40 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 51 |
| 18 | Charlton | 40 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -11 | 48 |
| 19 | Blackburn | 40 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | -12 | 46 |
| 20 | West Brom | 40 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 44 |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 39 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -17 | 41 |
| 22 | Leicester | 40 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -9 | 40 * |
| 23 | Oxford | 40 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 27 | -15 | 40 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 40 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 40 | -57 | -6 (R)* |
