Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Osnabrück | 29 | 58 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| 2. | FC Hansa Rostock | 30 | 53 | 53 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| 3. | Energie Cottbus | 29 | 53 | 54 | 43 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| 4. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 29 | 52 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| 5. | SC Verl | 29 | 51 | 67 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| 6. | MSV Duisburg | 29 | 51 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
| 7. | TSV 1860 Munich | 29 | 49 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| 8. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 30 | 48 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 10 |
| 9. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 29 | 42 | 47 | 53 | -6 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
| 10. | Alemannia Aachen | 29 | 41 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
| 11. | FC Ingolstadt | 29 | 40 | 49 | 39 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 12. | FC Viktoria Köln | 29 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| 13. | VfB Stuttgart II | 29 | 38 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| 14. | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 36 | 37 | 43 | -6 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| 15. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 29 | 35 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 |
| 16. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 29 | 33 | 40 | 43 | -3 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| 17. | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 24 | 33 | 52 | -19 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 18. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 29 | 24 | 38 | 61 | -23 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 19. | TSV Havelse | 29 | 23 | 41 | 64 | -23 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 29 | 14 | 26 | 68 | -42 | 4 | 2 | 23 |