| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | PTS |
| 1 | Coventry | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 2 | Stoke | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Ipswich | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Preston | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Derby | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Birmingham | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 10 | Wrexham | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 11 | Hull | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 12 | QPR | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 13 | Southampton | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | Watford | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 15 | Leicester | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 16 | Charlton | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 17 | West Brom | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 18 | Blackburn | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 19 | Oxford Utd | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 20 | Swansea | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 22 | Sheffield Utd | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 23 | Norwich | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wed | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
