| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Coventry | 35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 72:38 | 34 | 71 | |
| 2. | Middlesbrough | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 51:34 | 17 | 63 | |
| 3. | Millwall | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 47:40 | 7 | 62 | |
| 4. | Ipswich | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 59:34 | 25 | 60 | |
| 5. | Hull | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56:48 | 8 | 60 | |
| 6. | Wrexham | 35 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 54:45 | 9 | 57 | |
| 7. | Southampton | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 57:46 | 11 | 53 | |
| 8. | Derby | 35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 52:46 | 6 | 51 | |
| 9. | Watford | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 45:41 | 4 | 51 | |
| 10. | Bristol City | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 48:44 | 4 | 50 | |
| 11. | Birmingham | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45:43 | 2 | 49 | |
| 12. | Preston | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 41:40 | 1 | 49 | |
| 13. | Sheffield Utd | 35 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 50:48 | 2 | 48 | |
| 14. | Stoke | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 39:34 | 5 | 47 | |
| 15. | QPR | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 46:54 | -8 | 47 | |
| 16. | Swansea | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 40:43 | -3 | 46 | |
| 17. | Norwich | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 47:44 | 3 | 45 | |
| 18. | Charlton | 35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 33:44 | -11 | 41 | |
| 19. | Portsmouth | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34:44 | -10 | 39 | |
| 20. | Blackburn | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 33:46 | -13 | 38 | |
| 21. | West Brom | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 34:52 | -18 | 35 | |
| 22. | Leicester | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47:56 | -9 | 34 | |
| 23. | Oxford Utd | 35 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 31:47 | -16 | 32 | |
| 24. | Sheffield Wed | 35 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 21:71 | -50 | -7 |