| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energie Cottbus | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 43 |
| 2 | SC Verl 1924 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | MSV Duisburg | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | RW Essen | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Osnabruck | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 38 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | 1860 Munich | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Waldhof Mannheim | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Ingolstadt | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 12 | Viktoria Koln | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Stuttgart II | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 29 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Alemannia Aachen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 25 |
| 16 | Saarbruecken | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 22 |
| 18 | Ulm | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | -15 | 22 |
| 19 | Havelse | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 19 |
| 20 | FC Schweinfurt | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | -34 | 9 |