Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 77 | 65 | 38 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 7 |
| 2. | Preußen Münster | 38 | 67 | 68 | 49 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 9 |
| 3. | Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 63 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| 4. | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 62 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 14 |
| 5. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 60 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 8 |
| 6. | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 60 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| 7. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 59 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
| 8. | SV Sandhausen | 38 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
| 9. | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 55 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 15 |
| 10. | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 54 | 65 | 51 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 11. | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 54 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 12. | SC Verl | 38 | 53 | 59 | 56 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| 13. | FC Viktoria Köln | 38 | 49 | 59 | 65 | -6 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| 14. | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| 15. | TSV 1860 Munich | 38 | 46 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 13 | 7 | 18 |
| 16. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 43 | 51 | 60 | -9 | 11 | 10 | 17 |
| 17. | Hallescher FC | 38 | 40 | 50 | 68 | -18 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| 18. | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 34 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
| 19. | VfB Lübeck | 38 | 32 | 37 | 77 | -40 | 6 | 14 | 18 |
| 20. | SC Freiburg II | 38 | 30 | 37 | 64 | -27 | 8 | 6 | 24 |