| R | Mannschaft | Sp | S | U | N | Tore | TD | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hannover 96 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 9339 | 54 | 5422 |
| 2. | FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 6638 | 28 | 5125 |
| 3. | FC St. Pauli | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 7748 | 29 | 5026 |
| 4. | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6847 | 21 | 5026 |
| 5. | SC Fortuna Köln | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 6943 | 26 | 4630 |
| 6. | Borussia Dortmund | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6544 | 21 | 4630 |
| 7. | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7253 | 19 | 4630 |
| 8. | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 8162 | 19 | 4234 |
| 9. | SC Preußen 06 Münster | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 7363 | 10 | 4234 |
| 10. | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 6066 | -6 | 3937 |
| 11. | 1. FC Mülheim-Styrum 1923 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 4764 | -17 | 3640 |
| 12. | Essener TB Schwarz-Weiß | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 5569 | -14 | 3442 |
| 13. | SC Wacker 04 Berlin | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 5468 | -14 | 3343 |
| 14. | DJK Gütersloh | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 5763 | -6 | 3244 |
| 15. | TSV Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 5771 | -14 | 3046 |
| 16. | SpVgg 1916 Erkenschwick | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 4970 | -21 | 2947 |
| 17. | TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 5481 | -27 | 2749 |
| 18. | SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3866 | -28 | 2749 |
| 19. | VfL Wolfsburg | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 6189 | -28 | 2650 |
| 20. | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 3486 | -52 | 2056 |