The table after Wednesday night's games reads
| Last game played on Wednesday 11th August 2004 | Pld | Home | Away | Overall | Pts | GD | |||||||||||||||||
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | ||||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +2 | ||||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 4 | Preston North End | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 6 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 7 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 8 | West Ham United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | ||||
| 9 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | +2 | ||||
| 10 | Coventry City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +1 | ||||
| 11 | Gillingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Leeds United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -1 | ||||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | -2 | ||||
| 21 | Millwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | ||||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -3 | ||||
| 23 | Derby County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| 24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -3 | ||||