| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | FC Koln | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Magdeburg | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Hannover | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | Elversberg | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Nuremberg | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | SV Darmstadt 98Darmstadt | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | Hertha Berlin | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Schalke 04Schalke | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 39 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Preussen Munster | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Greuther Furth | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | SSV UlmUlm | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 39 | -21 | 15 |
| 18 | Jahn RegensburgJahn | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 45 | -33 | 14 |
