Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SC Fortuna Köln | 32 | 66 | 67 | 27 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 4 |
| 2. | Rot-Weiss Oberhausen | 32 | 62 | 57 | 38 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
| 3. | Bor. Mönchengladbach II | 32 | 58 | 59 | 41 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 8 |
| 4. | Borussia Dortmund II | 32 | 57 | 65 | 47 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 5. | FC Schalke 04 II | 32 | 55 | 71 | 49 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 6. | FC Gütersloh | 32 | 53 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
| 7. | Sportfreunde Siegen | 32 | 51 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| 8. | 1. FC Köln II | 32 | 44 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
| 9. | Bonner SC | 32 | 43 | 36 | 40 | -4 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| 10. | Sportfreunde Lotte | 32 | 41 | 41 | 52 | -11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 11. | SC Paderborn 07 II | 32 | 40 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 12. | VfL Bochum II | 32 | 38 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| 13. | 1. FC Bocholt | 32 | 38 | 47 | 54 | -7 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| 14. | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 32 | 38 | 43 | 54 | -11 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 15. | SV Rödinghausen | 32 | 29 | 46 | 60 | -14 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 16. | Wuppertaler SV | 32 | 25 | 34 | 67 | -33 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 17. | SSVg Velbert | 32 | 25 | 33 | 66 | -33 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 18. | SC Wiedenbrück | 32 | 23 | 36 | 65 | -29 | 5 | 8 | 19 |