Albion, who like Leeds were beaten in last season's play-off semi-finals, received 56% of votes, closely followed by a Fulham team (46%) that is back in the second tier following relegation from the Premier League.
There were more than 141,000 selections made across the three divisions by the 16:00 BST deadline on Friday, 2 August - almost 69,000 for the Championship, more than 40,000 for League One and over 32,000 for League Two.