| Pl. | Team | Sp. | ss-u-n | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg | 15 | 11-3-1 11 | 3 | 1 | 29:12 | 17 | 36 | |
| 2 |
 |
Hannover Hannover 96 | 15 | 8-4-3 8 | 4 | 3 | 28:14 | 14 | 28 | |
| 3 |
 |
Reutlingen 05 (N) SSV Reutlingen 05 (N) | 15 | 8-3-4 8 | 3 | 4 | 36:27 | 9 | 27 | |
| 4 |
 |
St. Pauli FC St. Pauli | 15 | 7-5-3 7 | 5 | 3 | 37:26 | 11 | 26 | |
| 5 |
 |
Fürth SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 6-5-4 6 | 5 | 4 | 23:16 | 7 | 23 | |
| 6 |
 |
Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 15 | 7-2-6 7 | 2 | 6 | 22:19 | 3 | 23 | |
| 7 |
 |
M'gladbach Bor. Mönchengladbach | 15 | 5-7-3 5 | 7 | 3 | 24:18 | 6 | 22 | |
| 8 |
 |
Saarbrücken (N) 1. FC Saarbrücken (N) | 15 | 6-4-5 6 | 4 | 5 | 24:30 | -6 | 22 | |
| 9 |
 |
Duisburg (A) MSV Duisburg (A) | 15 | 5-5-5 5 | 5 | 5 | 21:18 | 3 | 20 | |
| 10 |
 |
Aachen Alemannia Aachen | 15 | 5-5-5 5 | 5 | 5 | 22:24 | -2 | 20 | |
| 11 |
 |
Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim | 15 | 5-5-5 5 | 5 | 5 | 20:22 | -2 | 20 | |
| 12 |
 |
LR Ahlen (N) LR Ahlen (N) | 15 | 4-6-5 4 | 6 | 5 | 21:26 | -5 | 18 | |
| 13 |
 |
Ulm (A) SSV Ulm 1846 (A) | 15 | 5-2-8 5 | 2 | 8 | 18:21 | -3 | 17 | |
| 14 |
 |
Mainz 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 15 | 4-5-6 4 | 5 | 6 | 17:21 | -4 | 17 | |
| 15 |
 |
Bielefeld (A) Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 15 | 4-4-7 4 | 4 | 7 | 19:21 | -2 | 16 | |
| 16 |
 |
Stg. Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers | 15 | 2-6-7 2 | 6 | 7 | 11:20 | -9 | 12 | |
| 17 |
 |
Osnabrück (N) VfL Osnabrück (N) | 15 | 2-4-9 2 | 4 | 9 | 12:27 | -15 | 10 | |
| 18 |
 |
Chemnitz Chemnitzer FC | 15 | 2-3-10 2 | 3 | 10 | 13:35 | -22 | 9 |