Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 43 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2. | Energie Cottbus | 18 | 37 | 41 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 3. | VfL Osnabrück | 18 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| 4. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 | 37 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| 5. | SC Verl | 17 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 6. | TSV 1860 Munich | 18 | 34 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 7. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 17 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| 8. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 18 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 9. | FC Hansa Rostock | 18 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 10. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 17 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 11. | VfB Stuttgart II | 17 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 12. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 13. | FC Viktoria Köln | 18 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 14. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 15. | TSV Havelse | 18 | 22 | 28 | 37 | -9 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 16. | FC Ingolstadt | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 17. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 18 | 20 | 28 | 31 | -3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 18. | Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 19 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 19. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 4 | 3 | 10 |