Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Osnabrück | 29 | 58 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| 2. | Energie Cottbus | 30 | 54 | 55 | 44 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 3. | FC Hansa Rostock | 30 | 53 | 53 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
| 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. | Alemannia Aachen | 30 | 44 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 |
| 10. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 30 | 43 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 13 | 4 | 13 |
| 11. | FC Ingolstadt | 30 | 40 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 12. | Jahn Regensburg | 30 | 39 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 11 | 6 | 13 |
| 13. | FC Viktoria Köln | 29 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| 14. | VfB Stuttgart II | 30 | 38 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
| 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 | 30 | 25 | 34 | 53 | -19 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 18. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 30 | 25 | 39 | 62 | -23 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 19. | TSV Havelse | 30 | 23 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 30 | 17 | 28 | 69 | -41 | 5 | 2 | 23 |