| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Hannover | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Elversberg | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | FC Koln | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | Magdeburg | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | SV Darmstadt 98Darmstadt | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Nuremberg | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 19 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Schalke 04Schalke | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 13 |
| 16 | SSV UlmUlm | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Preussen Munster | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Jahn RegensburgJahn | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 34 | -29 | 8 |
