Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Osnabrück | 35 | 73 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 6 |
| 2. | Energie Cottbus | 35 | 66 | 68 | 48 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 7 |
| 3. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 35 | 64 | 73 | 58 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
| 4. | MSV Duisburg | 35 | 63 | 63 | 47 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 35 | 60 | 64 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 7 |
| 6. | SC Verl | 35 | 58 | 75 | 47 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 9 |
| 7. | Alemannia Aachen | 35 | 57 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 12 |
| 8. | TSV 1860 Munich | 35 | 55 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| 9. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 35 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
| 10. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 35 | 49 | 57 | 65 | -8 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| 11. | FC Viktoria Köln | 35 | 47 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 14 | 5 | 16 |
| 12. | Jahn Regensburg | 35 | 46 | 52 | 55 | -3 | 13 | 7 | 15 |
| 13. | FC Ingolstadt | 35 | 43 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
| 14. | VfB Stuttgart II | 35 | 43 | 45 | 59 | -14 | 12 | 7 | 16 |
| 15. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 35 | 41 | 44 | 50 | -6 | 9 | 14 | 12 |
| 16. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 35 | 40 | 61 | 65 | -4 | 11 | 7 | 17 |
| 17. | TSV Havelse | 35 | 32 | 53 | 77 | -24 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 18. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 35 | 32 | 46 | 72 | -26 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 19. | Erzgebirge Aue | 35 | 27 | 42 | 65 | -23 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 35 | 20 | 33 | 79 | -46 | 5 | 5 | 25 |