Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 14 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 2. | SC Paderborn 07 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. | SV Elversberg | 14 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. | Hannover 96 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 5. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 6. | Hertha BSC | 14 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 7. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 14 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 8. | Karlsruher SC | 14 | 21 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 9. | Preußen Münster | 14 | 18 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 10. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 14 | 18 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 11. | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12. | VfL Bochum | 14 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 13. | Holstein Kiel | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 14. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 14 | 14 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 15. | Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 13 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 16. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 13 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 17. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 14 | 13 | 20 | 37 | -17 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 18. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 14 | 10 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 3 | 1 | 10 |