| 1 | |  Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 100 | 53 | 47 | 98 | G19:00 | 05/04/97  Bolton Wanderers 2 Queens Park Rangers 1 G19:00 | 09/04/97 Manchester City FC 1 Bolton Wanderers 2 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Bolton Wanderers 4 Oxford United 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Oldham Athletic 0 Bolton Wanderers 0 G19:00 | 25/04/97 Bolton Wanderers 4 Charlton Athletic 1 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Tranmere Rovers FC 2 Bolton Wanderers 2 |
| 2 | |  Barnsley | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 76 | 55 | 21 | 80 | G19:00 | 12/04/97 Barnsley 4 Charlton Athletic 0 G19:00 | 15/04/97 Barnsley 2 Oldham Athletic 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 1 Barnsley 1 M19:00 | 22/04/97 Portsmouth 4 Barnsley 2 G19:00 | 26/04/97 Barnsley 2 Bradford City 0 M19:00 | 04/05/97 Oxford United 5 Barnsley 1 |
| 3 | |  Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 68 | 51 | 17 | 76 | G19:00 | 05/04/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 Norwich City FC 2 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Reading 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 G19:00 | 19/04/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 Southend United 1 B19:00 | 23/04/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 Grimsby Town 1 G19:00 | 27/04/97 Port Vale 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2 M19:00 | 04/05/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0 Portsmouth 1 |
| 4 | |  Ipswich Town | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 50 | 18 | 74 | G19:00 | 05/04/97 Ipswich Town 4 Oldham Athletic 0 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Swindon Town 0 Ipswich Town 4 G19:00 | 18/04/97 Ipswich Town 2 Norwich City FC 0 G19:00 | 22/04/97 Ipswich Town 1 Manchester City FC 0 G19:00 | 25/04/97 Portsmouth 0 Ipswich Town 1 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Ipswich Town 1 Birmingham City 1 |
| 5 | |  Sheffield United | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 75 | 52 | 23 | 73 | M19:00 | 31/03/97 Huddersfield Town 2 Sheffield United 1 M19:00 | 05/04/97 Sheffield United 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Sheffield United 3 Crystal Palace FC 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Tranmere Rovers FC 1 Sheffield United 1 G19:00 | 25/04/97 Sheffield United 1 Stoke City 0 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Charlton Athletic 0 Sheffield United 0 |
| 6 | |  Crystal Palace FC | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 78 | 48 | 30 | 71 | M19:00 | 12/04/97 Sheffield United 3 Crystal Palace FC 0 G19:00 | 15/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 2 Stoke City 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 1 Barnsley 1 G19:00 | 23/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 3 Reading 2 G19:00 | 26/04/97 Swindon Town 0 Crystal Palace FC 2 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Crystal Palace FC 1 Port Vale 1 |
| 7 | |  Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 68 | G19:00 | 05/04/97 Portsmouth 1 Grimsby Town 0 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Portsmouth 1 Tranmere Rovers FC 3 M19:00 | 19/04/97 Charlton Athletic 2 Portsmouth 1 G19:00 | 22/04/97 Portsmouth 4 Barnsley 2 M19:00 | 25/04/97 Portsmouth 0 Ipswich Town 1 G19:00 | 04/05/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0 Portsmouth 1 |
| 8 | |  Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 67 | G19:00 | 31/03/97 Port Vale 2 Tranmere Rovers FC 1 G19:00 | 05/04/97 Oxford United 0 Port Vale 2 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Port Vale 3 Oldham Athletic 2 M19:00 | 20/04/97 Stoke City 2 Port Vale 0 M19:00 | 27/04/97 Port Vale 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Crystal Palace FC 1 Port Vale 1 |
| 9 | |  Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 66 | B19:00 | 31/03/97 Queens Park Rangers 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2 M19:00 | 05/04/97 Bolton Wanderers 2 Queens Park Rangers 1 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Queens Park Rangers 3 Grimsby Town 0 G19:00 | 19/04/97 Manchester City FC 0 Queens Park Rangers 3 G19:00 | 26/04/97 Queens Park Rangers 2 Tranmere Rovers FC 0 M19:00 | 04/05/97 Bradford City 3 Queens Park Rangers 0 |
| 10 | |  Birmingham City | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 66 | B19:00 | 08/04/97 Oldham Athletic 2 Birmingham City 2 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Birmingham City 1 Huddersfield Town 0 B19:00 | 15/04/97 Birmingham City 0 Tranmere Rovers FC 0 G19:00 | 19/04/97 Bradford City 0 Birmingham City 2 G19:00 | 26/04/97 Birmingham City 2 Oxford United 0 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Ipswich Town 1 Birmingham City 1 |
| 11 | |  Tranmere Rovers FC | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 62 | 56 | 6 | 65 | G19:00 | 04/04/97 Tranmere Rovers FC 3 Bradford City 0 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Portsmouth 1 Tranmere Rovers FC 3 B19:00 | 15/04/97 Birmingham City 0 Tranmere Rovers FC 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Tranmere Rovers FC 1 Sheffield United 1 M19:00 | 26/04/97 Queens Park Rangers 2 Tranmere Rovers FC 0 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Tranmere Rovers FC 2 Bolton Wanderers 2 |
| 12 | |  Stoke City | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 64 | B19:00 | 05/04/97 Stoke City 1 Reading 1 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Norwich City FC 2 Stoke City 0 M19:00 | 15/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 2 Stoke City 0 G19:00 | 20/04/97 Stoke City 2 Port Vale 0 M19:00 | 25/04/97 Sheffield United 1 Stoke City 0 G19:00 | 04/05/97 Stoke City 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 |
| 13 | |  Norwich City FC | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 63 | 68 | -5 | 63 | B19:00 | 31/03/97 Norwich City FC 1 Oxford United 1 M19:00 | 05/04/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 Norwich City FC 2 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Norwich City FC 2 Stoke City 0 M19:00 | 18/04/97 Ipswich Town 2 Norwich City FC 0 B19:00 | 25/04/97 Norwich City FC 0 Manchester City FC 0 M19:00 | 04/05/97 Oldham Athletic 3 Norwich City FC 0 |
| 14 | |  Manchester City FC | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 61 | G19:00 | 12/04/97 West Bromwich Albion 1 Manchester City FC 3 G19:00 | 16/04/97 Manchester City FC 3 Grimsby Town 0 M19:00 | 19/04/97 Manchester City FC 0 Queens Park Rangers 3 M19:00 | 22/04/97 Ipswich Town 1 Manchester City FC 0 B19:00 | 25/04/97 Norwich City FC 0 Manchester City FC 0 G19:00 | 03/05/97 Manchester City FC 3 Reading 2 |
| 15 | |  Charlton Athletic | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 66 | -14 | 59 | G19:00 | 09/04/97 Charlton Athletic 2 Huddersfield Town 1 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Barnsley 4 Charlton Athletic 0 G19:00 | 19/04/97 Charlton Athletic 2 Portsmouth 1 M19:00 | 25/04/97 Bolton Wanderers 4 Charlton Athletic 1 M19:00 | 01/05/97 Bradford City 1 Charlton Athletic 0 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Charlton Athletic 0 Sheffield United 0 |
| 16 | |  West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 68 | 72 | -4 | 57 | G19:00 | 05/04/97 Sheffield United 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 G19:00 | 09/04/97 West Bromwich Albion 1 Crystal Palace FC 0 M19:00 | 12/04/97 West Bromwich Albion 1 Manchester City FC 3 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Huddersfield Town 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 G19:00 | 26/04/97 West Bromwich Albion 2 Grimsby Town 0 M19:00 | 04/05/97 Stoke City 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 |
| 17 | |  Oxford United | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 64 | 68 | -4 | 57 | B19:00 | 31/03/97 Norwich City FC 1 Oxford United 1 M19:00 | 05/04/97 Oxford United 0 Port Vale 2 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Bolton Wanderers 4 Oxford United 0 G19:00 | 19/04/97 Oxford United 2 Swindon Town 0 M19:00 | 26/04/97 Birmingham City 2 Oxford United 0 G19:00 | 04/05/97 Oxford United 5 Barnsley 1 |
| 18 | |  Reading | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 67 | -9 | 57 | B19:00 | 05/04/97 Stoke City 1 Reading 1 G19:00 | 12/04/97 Reading 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 M19:00 | 19/04/97 Grimsby Town 2 Reading 0 M19:00 | 23/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 3 Reading 2 G19:00 | 26/04/97 Reading 2 Oldham Athletic 0 M19:00 | 03/05/97 Manchester City FC 3 Reading 2 |
| 19 | |  Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 54 | B19:00 | 05/04/97 Crystal Palace FC 1 Huddersfield Town 1 M19:00 | 09/04/97 Charlton Athletic 2 Huddersfield Town 1 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Birmingham City 1 Huddersfield Town 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Huddersfield Town 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 G19:00 | 26/04/97 Southend United 1 Huddersfield Town 2 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Huddersfield Town 0 Swindon Town 0 |
| 20 | |  Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 52 | 71 | -19 | 54 | M19:00 | 31/03/97 Oldham Athletic 5 Swindon Town 1 B19:00 | 05/04/97 Swindon Town 0 Southend United 0 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Swindon Town 0 Ipswich Town 4 M19:00 | 19/04/97 Oxford United 2 Swindon Town 0 M19:00 | 26/04/97 Swindon Town 0 Crystal Palace FC 2 B19:00 | 04/05/97 Huddersfield Town 0 Swindon Town 0 |
| 21 | |  Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 72 | -25 | 48 | M19:00 | 04/04/97 Tranmere Rovers FC 3 Bradford City 0 B19:00 | 12/04/97 Southend United 1 Bradford City 1 M19:00 | 19/04/97 Bradford City 0 Birmingham City 2 M19:00 | 26/04/97 Barnsley 2 Bradford City 0 G19:00 | 01/05/97 Bradford City 1 Charlton Athletic 0 G19:00 | 04/05/97 Bradford City 3 Queens Park Rangers 0 |
| 22 | |  Grimsby Town | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 59 | 81 | -22 | 46 | M19:00 | 12/04/97 Queens Park Rangers 3 Grimsby Town 0 M19:00 | 16/04/97 Manchester City FC 3 Grimsby Town 0 G19:00 | 19/04/97 Grimsby Town 2 Reading 0 B19:00 | 23/04/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 Grimsby Town 1 M19:00 | 26/04/97 West Bromwich Albion 2 Grimsby Town 0 G19:00 | 04/05/97 Grimsby Town 4 Southend United 0 |
| 23 | |  Oldham Athletic | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 51 | 66 | -15 | 43 | B19:00 | 08/04/97 Oldham Athletic 2 Birmingham City 2 M19:00 | 12/04/97 Port Vale 3 Oldham Athletic 2 M19:00 | 15/04/97 Barnsley 2 Oldham Athletic 0 B19:00 | 19/04/97 Oldham Athletic 0 Bolton Wanderers 0 M19:00 | 26/04/97 Reading 2 Oldham Athletic 0 G19:00 | 04/05/97 Oldham Athletic 3 Norwich City FC 0 |
| 24 | |  Southend United | 46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 85 | -43 | 39 | G19:00 | 31/03/97 Southend United 2 Portsmouth 1 B19:00 | 05/04/97 Swindon Town 0 Southend United 0 B19:00 | 12/04/97 Southend United 1 Bradford City 1 M19:00 | 19/04/97 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 Southend United 1 M19:00 | 26/04/97 Southend United 1 Huddersfield Town 2 M19:00 | 04/05/97 Grimsby Town 4 Southend United 0 |
