Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Osnabrück | 28 | 55 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 |
| 2. | Energie Cottbus | 28 | 53 | 53 | 39 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 |
| 3. | MSV Duisburg | 28 | 51 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 4. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 28 | 49 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| 5. | SC Verl | 28 | 48 | 63 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| 6. | TSV 1860 Munich | 28 | 48 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| 7. | FC Hansa Rostock | 28 | 47 | 47 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 |
| 8. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 28 | 47 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 9. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 28 | 42 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 13 | 3 | 12 |
| 10. | FC Viktoria Köln | 28 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| 11. | Alemannia Aachen | 28 | 38 | 47 | 49 | -2 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| 12. | FC Ingolstadt | 28 | 37 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 13. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 28 | 35 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 14. | Jahn Regensburg | 28 | 35 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 15. | VfB Stuttgart II | 28 | 35 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 16. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 28 | 32 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| 17. | Erzgebirge Aue | 28 | 24 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 18. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 58 | -21 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 19. | TSV Havelse | 28 | 20 | 38 | 62 | -24 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 64 | -38 | 4 | 2 | 22 |