Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Osnabrück | 36 | 76 | 61 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 6 |
| 2. | Energie Cottbus | 36 | 66 | 69 | 50 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 8 |
| 3. | MSV Duisburg | 36 | 66 | 65 | 48 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 8 |
| 4. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 36 | 64 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| 5. | SC Verl | 36 | 61 | 79 | 47 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 9 |
| 6. | FC Hansa Rostock | 36 | 61 | 65 | 43 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 7 |
| 7. | Alemannia Aachen | 36 | 58 | 67 | 56 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 12 |
| 8. | TSV 1860 Munich | 36 | 56 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 10 |
| 9. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 36 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 |
| 10. | FC Viktoria Köln | 36 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 16 |
| 11. | Jahn Regensburg | 36 | 49 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 14 | 7 | 15 |
| 12. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 49 | 57 | 67 | -10 | 14 | 7 | 15 |
| 13. | VfB Stuttgart II | 36 | 46 | 51 | 60 | -9 | 13 | 7 | 16 |
| 14. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 36 | 44 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| 15. | FC Ingolstadt | 36 | 43 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
| 16. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 36 | 40 | 62 | 67 | -5 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 17. | TSV Havelse | 36 | 32 | 53 | 81 | -28 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 18. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 36 | 32 | 46 | 74 | -28 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 19. | Erzgebirge Aue | 36 | 30 | 47 | 68 | -21 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 36 | 21 | 34 | 80 | -46 | 5 | 6 | 25 |