| Placing | Team | Played | For | Against | Won | Drawn | Goal Dif | Points |
| 1 | Dusseldorf | 31 | 51 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 56 |
| 2 | Nurnberg | 30 | 52 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 51 |
| 3 | Kiel | 30 | 58 | 37 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 49 |
| 4 | Regensburg | 31 | 51 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 47 |
| 5 | Bielefeld | 31 | 48 | 44 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Bochum | 31 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 44 |
| 7 | Ingolstadt | 31 | 43 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Sandhausen | 31 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 31 | 49 | 42 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 10 | Duisburg | 31 | 44 | 53 | 11 | 8 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Dresden | 31 | 41 | 49 | 11 | 7 | -8 | 40 |
| 12 | Braunschweig | 31 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 13 | Aue | 31 | 34 | 46 | 10 | 9 | -12 | 39 |
| 14 | Heidenheim | 31 | 47 | 54 | 10 | 8 | -7 | 38 |
| 15 | Furth | 31 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 8 | -8 | 38 |
| 16 | St. Pauli | 31 | 31 | 46 | 9 | 10 | -15 | 37 |
| 17 | Darmstadt | 31 | 40 | 44 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 34 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 31 | 36 | 51 | 7 | 8 | -15 | 29 |