| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Coventry | 39 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 81:40 | 41 | 80 | |
| 2. | Middlesbrough | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 59:37 | 22 | 71 | |
| 3. | Ipswich | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 67:39 | 28 | 69 | |
| 4. | Millwall | 39 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 53:44 | 9 | 69 | |
| 5. | Hull | 39 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 62:57 | 5 | 66 | |
| 6. | Southampton | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 63:48 | 15 | 63 | |
| 7. | Wrexham | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 60:51 | 9 | 63 | |
| 8. | Derby | 39 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 56:48 | 8 | 60 | |
| 9. | Watford | 39 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 50:46 | 4 | 56 | |
| 10. | Norwich | 39 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 52:46 | 6 | 54 | |
| 11. | Birmingham | 39 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 48:49 | -1 | 53 | |
| 12. | QPR | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 55:61 | -6 | 53 | |
| 13. | Preston | 39 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 45:49 | -4 | 52 | |
| 14. | Swansea | 39 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 44:49 | -5 | 52 | |
| 15. | Stoke | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 46:43 | 3 | 51 | |
| 16. | Bristol City | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 49:50 | -1 | 51 | |
| 17. | Sheffield Utd | 39 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 54:54 | 0 | 50 | |
| 18. | Charlton | 39 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 36:46 | -10 | 48 | |
| 19. | Blackburn | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 36:49 | -13 | 43 | |
| 20. | West Brom | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 40:54 | -14 | 43 | |
| 21. | Portsmouth | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 37:54 | -17 | 40 | |
| 22. | Leicester | 39 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 51:60 | -9 | 39 | |
| 23. | Oxford Utd | 39 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 36:51 | -15 | 39 | |
| 24. | Sheffield Wed | 39 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 24:79 | -55 | -6 |