| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energie Cottbus | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Saarbruecken | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Viktoria Koln | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 34 |
| 6 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | SC Verl 1924 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund II | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 29 |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | 1860 Munich | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 16 | Stuttgart II | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 21 |
| 17 | Hannover 96 II | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 21 |
| 18 | RW Essen | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Osnabruck | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 19 |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -19 | 14 |