| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energie Cottbus | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | MSV Duisburg | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | SC Verl 1924 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | RW Essen | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 39 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | 1860 Munich | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Ingolstadt | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 12 | Stuttgart II | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viktoria Koln | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Alemannia Aachen | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 26 |
| 16 | Saarbruecken | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 23 |
| 18 | Ulm | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | -16 | 22 |
| 19 | Havelse | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 19 |
| 20 | FC Schweinfurt | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | -36 | 9 |