Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 46 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | SC Freiburg II | 19 | 44 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 19 | 40 | 47 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 4. | VfL Osnabrück | 19 | 39 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| 5. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 19 | 39 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| 6. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 19 | 37 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| 7. | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 35 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 8. | TSV 1860 Munich | 19 | 35 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| 9. | SC Verl | 19 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 10. | FC Viktoria Köln | 19 | 29 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| 11. | Hallescher FC | 19 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 12. | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 13. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 19 | 25 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 24 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 15. | SV Meppen | 19 | 24 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 16. | MSV Duisburg | 19 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| 17. | FSV Zwickau | 19 | 22 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 18. | FC Ingolstadt | 19 | 21 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 19. | SpVgg Bayreuth | 19 | 21 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 20. | VfB Oldenburg | 19 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 3 | 5 | 11 |