| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | PTS |
| 1 | Coventry | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 43 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | Millwall | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Stoke (A) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Preston | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Hull (H) | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Ipswich | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Derby | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 12 | West Brom | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 13 | QPR | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 14 | Southampton | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 15 | Watford | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 16 | Leicester | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 17 | Charlton | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 18 | Blackburn | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | Sheffield Utd | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 20 | Oxford Utd | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 21 | Swansea | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 22 | Portsmouth | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 23 | Norwich | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wed | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
