| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SV Elversberg | 19 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| 3. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 19 | 32 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 4. | VfL Osnabrück | 19 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 19 | 31 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 6. | SC Freiburg II | 19 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| 7. | FC Viktoria Köln | 19 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 8. | FC Ingolstadt | 19 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 9. | MSV Duisburg | 19 | 24 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 10. | TSV 1860 Munich | 19 | 22 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| 11. | VfB Oldenburg | 19 | 21 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 12. | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 21 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 13. | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 | 19 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 14. | SC Verl | 19 | 19 | 27 | 33 | -6 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 15. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 19 | 17 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 16. | Hallescher FC | 19 | 15 | 18 | 35 | -17 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 17. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 14 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 18. | SV Meppen | 19 | 13 | 15 | 33 | -18 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 19. | FSV Zwickau | 19 | 13 | 20 | 47 | -27 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 20. | SpVgg Bayreuth | 19 | 11 | 14 | 44 | -30 | 3 | 2 | 14 |