| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Fortuna Köln | 17 | 39 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 2. | FC Gütersloh | 17 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 3. | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 17 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 II | 17 | 30 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | Borussia Dortmund II | 17 | 30 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 6. | FC Schalke 04 II | 17 | 29 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 7. | Sportfreunde Siegen | 17 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 8. | 1. FC Köln II | 17 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| 9. | Bor. Mönchengladbach II | 17 | 25 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 10. | SC Wiedenbrück | 17 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 11. | Sportfreunde Lotte | 17 | 22 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 12. | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 17 | 20 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 13. | 1. FC Bocholt | 17 | 19 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 14. | VfL Bochum II | 17 | 18 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 15. | Bonner SC | 17 | 18 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 16. | SV Rödinghausen | 17 | 16 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 17. | Wuppertaler SV | 17 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -17 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 18. | SSVg Velbert | 17 | 6 | 17 | 41 | -24 | 1 | 3 | 13 |