| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 2 | Energie Cottbus | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 3 | Saarbruecken | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Viktoria Koln | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund II | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 12 | SC Verl 1924 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| 13 | Alemannia Aachen | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | 1860 Munich | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Hannover 96 II | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Stuttgart II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | RW Essen | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 17 |
| 19 | Osnabruck | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -14 | 15 |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -16 | 14 |