| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bochum | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25:11 | 14 | 33 | |
| 2. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30:23 | 7 | 28 | |
| 3. | Cottbus | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24:20 | 4 | 28 | |
| 4. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23:25 | -2 | 25 | |
| 5. | Burghausen | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24:28 | -4 | 23 | |
| 6. | Offenbach | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17:23 | -6 | 21 | |
| 7. | Aue | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20:24 | -4 | 19 | |
| 8. | Paderborn | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16:23 | -7 | 19 | |
| 9. | Munich 1860 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20:27 | -7 | 18 | |
| 10. | Freiburg | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12:21 | -9 | 16 | |
| 11. | Saarbrucken | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14:33 | -19 | 16 | |
| 12. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16:26 | -10 | 15 | |
| 13. | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18:30 | -12 | 15 | |
| 14. | Ahlen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16:29 | -13 | 15 | |
| 15. | SG Dynamo Dresden | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13:23 | -10 | 14 | |
| 16. | Braunschweig | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12:36 | -24 | 13 | |
| 17. | Siegen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11:27 | -16 | 11 | |
| 18. | Unterhaching | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18:36 | -18 | 11 |