| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Coventry | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26:7 | 19 | 26 | |
| 2. | Middlesbrough | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16:10 | 6 | 23 | |
| 3. | Ipswich | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19:9 | 10 | 22 | |
| 4. | Watford | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19:12 | 7 | 22 | |
| 5. | Birmingham | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22:9 | 13 | 21 | |
| 6. | Hull | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18:18 | 0 | 20 | |
| 7. | Stoke | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17:8 | 9 | 19 | |
| 8. | West Brom | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13:8 | 5 | 19 | |
| 9. | Preston | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15:11 | 4 | 19 | |
| 10. | Millwall | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13:15 | -2 | 19 | |
| 11. | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16:10 | 6 | 18 | |
| 12. | Wrexham | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17:15 | 2 | 17 | |
| 13. | QPR | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16:14 | 2 | 17 | |
| 14. | Leicester | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14:11 | 3 | 16 | |
| 15. | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16:13 | 3 | 15 | |
| 16. | Swansea | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13:15 | -2 | 15 | |
| 17. | Charlton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11:11 | 0 | 14 | |
| 18. | Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11:12 | -1 | 14 | |
| 19. | Derby | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14:17 | -3 | 13 | |
| 20. | Sheffield Utd | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12:12 | 0 | 11 | |
| 21. | Oxford Utd | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11:15 | -4 | 10 | |
| 22. | Norwich | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11:16 | -5 | 7 | |
| 23. | Blackburn | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9:16 | -7 | 6 | |
| 24. | Sheffield Wed | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5:24 | -19 | 2 |