Table
| P | Pts | GF | GA | GD | w | d | l | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 80 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 6 |
| 2. | Energie Cottbus | 38 | 72 | 72 | 51 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 8 |
| 3. | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 70 | 78 | 66 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 8 |
| 4. | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 68 | 66 | 49 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| 5. | FC Hansa Rostock | 38 | 67 | 74 | 49 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 7 |
| 6. | SC Verl | 38 | 64 | 82 | 48 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 10 |
| 7. | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 64 | 76 | 57 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 12 |
| 8. | TSV 1860 Munich | 38 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
| 9. | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 10. | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 52 | 59 | 72 | -13 | 15 | 7 | 16 |
| 11. | FC Viktoria Köln | 38 | 51 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 15 | 6 | 17 |
| 12. | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 49 | 65 | 56 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| 13. | Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 49 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 14 | 7 | 17 |
| 14. | VfB Stuttgart II | 38 | 46 | 57 | 69 | -12 | 13 | 7 | 18 |
| 15. | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 44 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| 16. | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 38 | 43 | 65 | 71 | -6 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 17. | TSV Havelse | 38 | 35 | 57 | 89 | -32 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 18. | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 34 | 51 | 70 | -19 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
| 19. | SSV Ulm 1846 | 38 | 33 | 49 | 78 | -29 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 20. | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | 38 | 21 | 38 | 87 | -49 | 5 | 6 | 27 |