Pulled together by online sportsbook BetVictor, each supporter of clubs around the country was asked to deliver their predicted one-to-24 table, with an average prediction for each club calculated and placed in a final line-up of which clubs will be promoted, which will be challenging and which will be relegated.
Two of Wednesday’s Yorkshire rivals are pitted as promotion winners and relegation candidates and there is a prediction of where the Owls will finish themselves as they continue to build under new boss Xisco.
There’s lots of time for things to change before the transfer window closes of course and there’ll no doubt be huge surprises along the way.
But here the wisdom of crowds has taken a stab at how the division will look in May.
17. Huddersfield Town
Owls fans will be looking forward to what could be one last battle with one of their foremost pantomime villains - one of the greatest ever EFL bosses. Neil Warnock strode in to Huddersfield to mount an unthinkable safety effort and the word is that they’ll go on to avoid the drop again this season. Photo: George Wood
18. QPR
After starting last season as play-off contenders, QPR became relegation candidates in the second half of the campaign. Former player Gareth Ainsworth was appointed in February and managed to keep the club up. They’ll want to build on that. Photo: Alex Livesey
19. Preston North End
Former Wednesday forward Ryan Lowe had a bit of a battle on last season, starting with the best defence in the division and building some momentum before a horror end to the campaign saw any dreams of play-off involvement fall away. They finished 12th, but there is a feeling they might not get that far this season as far as this survey suggests. Photo: Lewis Storey
20. Cardiff City
Locked in a transfer embargo and having come out the right side of a survival scrap they appeared to be losing for long periods of the last campaign, Cardiff are backed to hold onto Championship status once more. They have their challenges. Photo: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images