Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Energie Cottbus | 12 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 2. | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. | SC Verl | 12 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 4. | VfL Osnabrück | 12 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 5. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 12 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 6. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 12 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 12 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 8. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 12 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 9. | VfB Stuttgart II | 12 | 18 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 10. | FC Ingolstadt | 12 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 11. | FC Viktoria Köln | 12 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 12. | FC Hansa Rostock | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 13. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 12 | 16 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 14. | TSV 1860 Munich | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 15. | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 14 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 16. | Alemannia Aachen | 12 | 13 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 17. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 25 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 18. | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 | 12 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 19. | TSV Havelse | 12 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 32 | -24 | 1 | 0 | 11 |