| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Coventry | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 78:40 | 38 | 77 | |
| 2. | Middlesbrough | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 59:37 | 22 | 70 | |
| 3. | Ipswich | 37 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 66:38 | 28 | 68 | |
| 4. | Millwall | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 52:43 | 9 | 68 | |
| 5. | Hull | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 59:56 | 3 | 63 | |
| 6. | Wrexham | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 57:47 | 10 | 60 | |
| 7. | Southampton | 37 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 60:48 | 12 | 57 | |
| 8. | Derby | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 54:48 | 6 | 54 | |
| 9. | Birmingham | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 48:48 | 0 | 53 | |
| 10. | Watford | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 47:45 | 2 | 52 | |
| 11. | Swansea | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 44:46 | -2 | 52 | |
| 12. | Norwich | 37 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 51:45 | 6 | 51 | |
| 13. | Stoke | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45:40 | 5 | 51 | |
| 14. | Bristol City | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 49:49 | 0 | 51 | |
| 15. | Sheffield Utd | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 53:52 | 1 | 50 | |
| 16. | QPR | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 49:60 | -11 | 50 | |
| 17. | Preston | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 42:48 | -6 | 49 | |
| 18. | Charlton | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 36:45 | -9 | 48 | |
| 19. | Blackburn | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 36:49 | -13 | 42 | |
| 20. | Portsmouth | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 36:47 | -11 | 40 | |
| 21. | West Brom | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39:54 | -15 | 40 | |
| 22. | Oxford Utd | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 36:49 | -13 | 39 | |
| 23. | Leicester | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 51:60 | -9 | 38 | |
| 24. | Sheffield Wed | 38 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 23:76 | -53 | -6 |