Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Fortuna Köln | 34 | 70 | 71 | 30 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 2. | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 34 | 66 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 |
| 3. | FC Schalke 04 II | 34 | 61 | 77 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 9 |
| 4. | FC Gütersloh | 34 | 59 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| 5. | Borussia Dortmund II | 34 | 58 | 66 | 50 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 6. | Bor. Mönchengladbach II | 34 | 58 | 61 | 46 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| 7. | Sportfreunde Siegen | 34 | 54 | 62 | 43 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 II | 34 | 46 | 52 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 9. | Bonner SC | 34 | 46 | 38 | 42 | -4 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 10. | 1. FC Köln II | 34 | 45 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 13 | 6 | 15 |
| 11. | Sportfreunde Lotte | 34 | 45 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 12. | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 34 | 40 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| 13. | 1. FC Bocholt | 34 | 39 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| 14. | VfL Bochum II | 34 | 39 | 50 | 62 | -12 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| 15. | SV Rödinghausen | 34 | 29 | 46 | 63 | -17 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 16. | SC Wiedenbrück | 34 | 29 | 39 | 65 | -26 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 17. | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 26 | 36 | 70 | -34 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 18. | SSVg Velbert | 34 | 25 | 35 | 72 | -37 | 6 | 7 | 21 |