Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Fortuna Köln | 31 | 66 | 66 | 25 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| 2. | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 31 | 59 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 6 |
| 3. | Borussia Dortmund II | 31 | 57 | 65 | 43 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| 4. | Bor. Mönchengladbach II | 31 | 55 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 8 |
| 5. | FC Schalke 04 II | 31 | 52 | 67 | 49 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 9 |
| 6. | FC Gütersloh | 31 | 52 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| 7. | Sportfreunde Siegen | 30 | 48 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| 8. | 1. FC Köln II | 31 | 41 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
| 9. | Bonner SC | 31 | 40 | 34 | 39 | -5 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 10. | VfL Bochum II | 31 | 38 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| 11. | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 31 | 38 | 43 | 53 | -10 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 12. | SC Paderborn 07 II | 31 | 37 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| 13. | 1. FC Bocholt | 30 | 37 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 10 | 7 | 13 |
| 14. | Sportfreunde Lotte | 30 | 37 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 15. | SV Rödinghausen | 31 | 29 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 16. | SSVg Velbert | 31 | 25 | 33 | 65 | -32 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 17. | Wuppertaler SV | 31 | 24 | 33 | 66 | -33 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 18. | SC Wiedenbrück | 30 | 20 | 33 | 62 | -29 | 4 | 8 | 18 |