| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Schalke 04 | 20 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| 2. | SV Elversberg | 20 | 38 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| 3. | SV Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 37 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 4. | SC Paderborn 07 | 19 | 36 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 5. | Hannover 96 | 20 | 35 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 6. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 20 | 31 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | Hertha BSC | 19 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 8. | VfL Bochum | 20 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 9. | 1. FC Nürnberg | 20 | 26 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 10. | Karlsruher SC | 20 | 26 | 29 | 36 | -7 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 11. | Holstein Kiel | 20 | 24 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 12. | Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 24 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 13. | Preußen Münster | 20 | 21 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 14. | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 15. | 1. FC Magdeburg | 20 | 20 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 16. | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 19 | 20 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 17. | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 19 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 18. | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 20 | 19 | 28 | 47 | -19 | 5 | 4 | 11 |