final standings in division one for season 97/98
Pld. W D L GS Pts.
| 1. (C) Nottm Forest | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 94 |
| 2.(P)Middlesbrough | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 91 |
| 3. (P/O) Sunderland | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 86 | 90 |
| 4. (P/O) Charlton | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 88 |
| 5. (P/O) Ipswich | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 77 | 83 |
| 6. (P/O) Sheff Utd | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 69 | 74 |
| 7. Birmingham | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 60 | 74 |
| 8. Stockport | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 71 | 65 |
| 9. Wolves | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 65 |
| 10. W.B.A. | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 61 |
| 11. Crewe | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 58 | 59 |
| 12. Oxford | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 60 | 58 |
| 13. Bradford | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 57 |
| 14. Tranmere | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 54 | 56 |
| 15. Norwich | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 55 |
| 16. Huddersfield | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 53 |
| 17. Bury | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 42 | 52 |
| 18. Swindon | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 42 | 52 |
| 19. Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 56 | 49 |
| 20. Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 51 | 49 |
| 21. Q.P.R | 46 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 51 | 49 |
| 22. (R) Man City | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 56 | 48 |
| 23. (R) Stoke | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 46 |
| 24. (R) Reading | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 39 | 42 |