Sat 29 December 2001
| HOME | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | Bristol City | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +16 | 47 |
| 2 | Stoke | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +16 | 46 |
| 3 | Brighton | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +15 | 46 |
| 4 | Brentford | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | +19 | 45 |
| 5 | Reading | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +11 | 43 |
| 6 | QPR | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | +8 | 40 |