| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Bochum | 17 | 38 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 17 | 37 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 3. | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 35 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| 4. | Hamburger SV | 17 | 34 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 5. | 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 17 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 6. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 17 | 31 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 7. | SV Sandhausen | 17 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 8. | SC Paderborn 07 | 17 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 9. | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 10. | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 11. | Hannover 96 | 17 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 12. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 13. | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 14. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 22 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 15. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 22 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 16. | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 17. | FC Würzburger Kickers | 17 | 15 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 18. | VfL Osnabrück | 17 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -18 | 3 | 1 | 13 |