| Standings | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Hallescher FC | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Hertha Berlin II | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 24 |
| 5 | Berliner FC Dynamo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | RW Erfurt | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Meuselwitz | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | VSG Altglienicke | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Zwickau | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Greifswalder | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Plauen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Chemnitzer | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Babelsberg | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | FC Eilenburg | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 18 | FSV Luckenwalde | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 8 |