| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. Monchengladbach | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29:20 | 9 | 29 | |
| 2. | Nurnberg | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23:19 | 4 | 26 | |
| 3. | St. Pauli | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31:31 | 0 | 25 | |
| 4. | Mannheim | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16:23 | -7 | 23 | |
| 5. | Ahlen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 28:32 | -4 | 19 | |
| 6. | Duisburg | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17:18 | -1 | 18 | |
| 7. | Saarbrucken | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20:35 | -15 | 18 | |
| 8. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23:24 | -1 | 16 | |
| 9. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21:45 | -24 | 16 | |
| 10. | Hannover | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23:31 | -8 | 15 | |
| 11. | Ulm | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17:30 | -13 | 15 | |
| 12. | Mainz | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17:26 | -9 | 14 | |
| 13. | Oberhausen | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13:32 | -19 | 14 | |
| 14. | Reutlingen | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20:34 | -14 | 13 | |
| 15. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17:26 | -9 | 12 | |
| 16. | VfL Osnabruck | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16:31 | -15 | 11 | |
| 17. | Stutt. Kickers | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13:28 | -15 | 11 | |
| 18. | Chemnitzer | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12:46 | -34 | 7 |