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