| PLD | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Coventry City | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Stoke City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 30 | |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 30 | |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 27 | |
| 5 | - | Preston North End | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 26 | |
| 7 | Derby County | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 26 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 25 | |
| 9 | Millwall | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 25 | |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 24 | |
| 11 | Southampton | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 24 | |
| 12 | Watford | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 24 | |
| 13 | Leicester City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 24 | |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 23 | |
| 15 | Wrexham | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 22 | |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 22 | |
| 17 | - | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 21 |
| 18 | - | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | - | Portsmouth | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 17 |
| 20 | - | Swansea City | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | - | Oxford United | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 15 |
| 22 | - | Sheffield United | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 13 |
| 23 | - | Norwich City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 10 |
| 24 | - | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 32 | -20 | -4 |
Middlesbrough
3/1 To Win- V
Derby County 12/2 To Score First
