| R | Mannschaft | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | TD | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 39 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 6949 | 20 | 5028 |
| 2. | SC Empor Rostock | 39 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 7043 | 27 | 4731 |
| 3. | SC Dynamo Berlin | 39 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 7264 | 8 | 4533 |
| 4. | SC Motor Jena | 39 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7760 | 17 | 4335 |
| 5. | BSG Motor Zwickau | 39 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 5966 | -7 | 4137 |
| 6. | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 39 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 6757 | 10 | 4038 |
| 7. | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 39 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 6048 | 12 | 3840 |
| 8. | SC Rotation Leipzig | 39 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5757 | 0 | 3840 |
| 9. | SC Aufbau Magdeburg | 39 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 5963 | -4 | 3741 |
| 10. | SC Turbine Erfurt | 39 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 6669 | -3 | 3543 |
| 11. | SC Chemie Halle | 39 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 5366 | -13 | 3444 |
| 12. | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 39 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 4553 | -8 | 3345 |
| 13. | SC Einheit Dresden | 39 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 4873 | -25 | 3246 |
| 14. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 39 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 4983 | -34 | 3147 |