Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SV Elversberg | 38 | 74 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 8 |
| 2. | SC Freiburg II | 38 | 73 | 54 | 34 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 7 |
| 3. | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 70 | 70 | 49 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 10 |
| 4. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 70 | 71 | 51 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 10 |
| 5. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 69 | 64 | 39 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 9 |
| 6. | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 69 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 9 |
| 7. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 60 | 63 | 65 | -2 | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| 8. | TSV 1860 Munich | 38 | 57 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
| 9. | FC Viktoria Köln | 38 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
| 10. | SC Verl | 38 | 49 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| 11. | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 47 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 12. | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 46 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| 13. | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 45 | 47 | 49 | -2 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 14. | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 45 | 49 | 62 | -13 | 12 | 9 | 17 |
| 15. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 42 | 43 | 56 | -13 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| 16. | Hallescher FC | 38 | 41 | 49 | 60 | -11 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| 17. | SV Meppen | 38 | 37 | 43 | 65 | -22 | 8 | 13 | 17 |
| 18. | VfB Oldenburg | 38 | 35 | 42 | 64 | -22 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 19. | FSV Zwickau | 38 | 35 | 42 | 72 | -30 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 20. | SpVgg Bayreuth | 38 | 32 | 39 | 81 | -42 | 9 | 5 | 24 |