| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kaiserslautern | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 56:28 | 28 | 67 | |
| 2. | St. Pauli | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 72:37 | 35 | 64 | |
| 3. | Augsburg | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60:40 | 20 | 62 | |
| 4. | Dusseldorf | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 48:31 | 17 | 59 | |
| 5. | Paderborn | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49:49 | 0 | 51 | |
| 6. | Duisburg | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51:46 | 5 | 50 | |
| 7. | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 48:41 | 7 | 49 | |
| 8. | Munich 1860 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 43:45 | -2 | 48 | |
| 9. | Cottbus | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55:49 | 6 | 47 | |
| 10. | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43:45 | -2 | 46 | |
| 11. | Greuther Furth | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51:50 | 1 | 44 | |
| 12. | Union Berlin | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42:45 | -3 | 44 | |
| 13. | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37:41 | -4 | 43 | |
| 14. | Oberhausen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38:52 | -14 | 41 | |
| 15. | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29:50 | -21 | 38 | |
| 16. | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33:45 | -12 | 36 | |
| 17. | TuS Koblenz | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35:60 | -25 | 31 | |
| 18. | Ahlen | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19:55 | -36 | 22 |