| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 72 | WWDWW |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 70 | WWDLW |
| 3 | Saarbrücken | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 65 | WLDLW |
| 4 | Energie Cottbus | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 62 | DLDWW |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 60 | WDWWL |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 59 | LLLLW |
| 7 | Verl | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 57 | LWWWL |
| 8 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 56 | WWWWW |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 55 | LWDLL |
| 10 | Ingolstadt 04 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 54 | DLWLL |
| 11 | 1860 München | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 53 | WDLDL |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 50 | WWWWW |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 50 | LLLLL |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 48 | WWWWL |
| 15 | Stuttgart II | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 47 | LLWLW |
| 16 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 46 | WLWDD |
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund II | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 43 | LLLLL |
| 18 | Hannover 96 II | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 37 | DWDLW |
| 19 | Sandhausen | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 35 | LLLWL |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -32 | 25 | DDLLL |