| R | Mannschaft | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | TD | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hannover 96 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8648 | 38 | 5620 |
| 2. | Karlsruher SC | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 7949 | 30 | 5224 |
| 3. | FC St. Pauli | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6345 | 18 | 4927 |
| 4. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 7248 | 24 | 4729 |
| 5. | TSV Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5536 | 19 | 4630 |
| 6. | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 6966 | 3 | 4432 |
| 7. | SV Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 7255 | 17 | 4234 |
| 8. | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 5956 | 3 | 3937 |
| 9. | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5855 | 3 | 3838 |
| 10. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7069 | 1 | 3838 |
| 11. | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5966 | -7 | 3838 |
| 12. | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 6165 | -4 | 3541 |
| 13. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 5563 | -8 | 3541 |
| 14. | SC Fortuna Köln | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5166 | -15 | 3541 |
| 15. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 5371 | -18 | 3442 |
| 16. | SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 5255 | -3 | 3343 |
| 17. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 5247 | 5 | 3244 |
| 18. | SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4772 | -25 | 2452 |
| 19. | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 4075 | -35 | 2254 |
| 20. | FSV Salmrohr | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 4894 | -46 | 2155 |