| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2. | SC Paderborn 07 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 10 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 4. | Hannover 96 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 5. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 6. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 7. | Karlsruher SC | 10 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 8. | Hertha BSC | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 9. | Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 10. | Holstein Kiel | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 11. | Preußen Münster | 10 | 11 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 10 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 13. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 10 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 10 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16. | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 17. | VfL Bochum | 10 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 18. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 7 |