| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karlsruher SC | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 69:27 | 42 | 79 | |
| 2. | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 59:32 | 27 | 76 | |
| 3. | VfL Osnabruck | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 64:35 | 29 | 73 | |
| 4. | Preussen Munster | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 63:33 | 30 | 72 | |
| 5. | Heidenheim | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69:47 | 22 | 72 | |
| 6. | Chemnitzer | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 56:47 | 9 | 55 | |
| 7. | Wehen | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 51:51 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8. | Burghausen | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45:45 | 0 | 51 | |
| 9. | Unterhaching | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 48:55 | -7 | 51 | |
| 10. | Hallescher | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37:50 | -13 | 46 | |
| 11. | Saarbrucken | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52:62 | -10 | 45 | |
| 12. | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 39:52 | -13 | 44 | |
| 13. | Erfurt | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 44:58 | -14 | 44 | |
| 14. | Stuttgart II | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 35:42 | -7 | 43 | |
| 15. | Offenbach | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41:44 | -3 | 42 | |
| 16. | Dortmund II | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39:58 | -19 | 41 | |
| 17. | Stutt. Kickers | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 39:48 | -9 | 40 | |
| 18. | Darmstadt | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32:46 | -14 | 38 | |
| 19. | Babelsberg | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 32:54 | -22 | 37 | |
| 20. | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 40:68 | -28 | 26 |