| Pos. | Mannschaft | Sp. | g. | u. | v. | +T | -T | +/- | Pkt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 23 | 36 | 78 |
| 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 33 | 21 | 69 |
| 3 | SC Paderborn | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 38 | 30 | 68 |
| 4 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 67 |
| 5 | Bayern II | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 59 |
| 6 | Kickers Emden | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 59 |
| 7 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 52 |
| 8 | SV Sandhausen | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 50 |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 50 |
| 10 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 48 | -2 | 50 |
| 11 | VfB Stuttgart II | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 50 | 11 | 49 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 48 |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 45 |
| 14 | Wuppertaler SV | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 45 | -9 | 45 |
| 15 | Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 51 | -14 | 45 |
| 16 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 41 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen II | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 58 | -9 | 40 |
| 18 | Wacker Burghausen | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 65 | -25 | 40 |
| 19 | VfR Aalen | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 60 | -22 | 39 |
| 20 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 71 | -33 | 32 |