| 1 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 38 19 10 09 56 - 34 48-28 |
| 2 | FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 38 18 11 09 49 - 30 47-29 |
| 3 | TSV München 1860 | 38 19 09 10 55 - 38 47-29 |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli 1910 | 38 17 11 10 47 - 39 45-31 |
| 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 38 15 10 13 47 - 45 40-36 |
| 6 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 38 12 16 10 45 - 45 40-36 |
| 7 | SV Meppen 1912 | 38 14 11 13 48 - 52 39-37 |
| 8 | FC Hansa Rostock | 38 15 09 14 51 - 56 39-37 |
| 9 | Chemnitzer FC | 38 14 11 13 34 - 44 39-37 |
| 10 | FC 08 Homburg / Saar | 38 13 11 14 53 - 46 37-39 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC Berlin 1892 | 38 11 15 12 48 - 42 37-39 |
| 12 | Hannoverscher SV 96 | 38 12 13 13 49 - 46 37-39 |
| 13 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 38 13 11 14 46 - 51 37-39 |
| 14 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 14 09 15 58 - 69 37-39 |
| 15 | SC Fortuna Köln | 38 13 10 15 53 - 49 36-40 |
| 16 | SV Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 11 13 14 42 - 50 35-41 |
| 17 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 38 09 16 13 38 - 41 34-42 |
| 18 | Wuppertaler SV | 38 10 11 17 44 - 52 31-45 |
| 19 | Berliner Tennis Club Borussia | 38 07 12 19 42 - 60 26-50 |
| 20 | SC Rot-Weiss Essen * | 38 09 11 18 44 - 60 29-47 |