| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energie Cottbus | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 48 |
| 2 | MSV Duisburg | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 46 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | SC Verl 1924 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | RW Essen | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 41 |
| 7 | Hansa Rostock | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 40 |
| 8 | 1860 Munich | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 39 |
| 9 | Ingolstadt | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 36 |
| 10 | Waldhof Mannheim | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 36 |
| 11 | Viktoria Koln | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| 12 | Stuttgart II | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 35 |
| 13 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 32 |
| 15 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 16 | Saarbruecken | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -12 | 24 |
| 18 | Ulm | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -18 | 23 |
| 19 | Havelse | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -20 | 19 |
| 20 | FC Schweinfurt | 25 | 3 | 1 | 21 | -38 | 10 |