| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 72 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 70 |
| 3 | Saarbruecken | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 65 |
| 4 | Energie Cottbus | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 62 |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 60 |
| 6 | Viktoria Koln | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 59 |
| 7 | SC Verl 1924 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 57 |
| 8 | RW Essen | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 56 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 55 |
| 10 | Ingolstadt | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 54 |
| 11 | 1860 Munich | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 53 |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 50 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 50 |
| 14 | Osnabruck | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 48 |
| 15 | Stuttgart II | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 47 |
| 16 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 46 |
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 43 |
| 18 | Hannover 96 II | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 37 |
| 19 | Sandhausen | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 35 |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -32 | 25 |
