| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osnabrück | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 64 | WWWWL |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 61 | WWWWW |
| 3 | Energie Cottbus | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 60 | DLDWW |
| 4 | MSV Duisburg | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 57 | WLWLW |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 56 | DWWLW |
| 6 | Verl | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 54 | WWWLL |
| 7 | 1860 München | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 50 | WDLDL |
| 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 48 | WWWWD |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 48 | WDLLL |
| 10 | Waldhof Mannheim | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 47 | WLWDD |
| 11 | Viktoria Köln | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 44 | LLLWW |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 42 | LDWLW |
| 13 | Stuttgart II | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 42 | LWLWD |
| 14 | Ingolstadt 04 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 40 | LWLLL |
| 15 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 39 | LLLWD |
| 16 | Saarbrücken | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | -5 | 37 | LDLWD |
| 17 | Ulm 1846 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -22 | 29 | LLDWD |
| 18 | Havelse | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 26 | LWLLW |
| 19 | Erzgebirge Aue | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -23 | 24 | LLLLL |
| 20 | Schweinfurt | 32 | 5 | 2 | 25 | -46 | 17 | WLWLL |