| Pt | MP | W | D | L | F | A | GD | |||
| 1 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | I |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 9 | I |
| 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | PO |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 9 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | |
| 7 | FC St. Pauli | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | |
| 8 | VfL Osnabrück | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 | |
| 9 | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | |
| 10 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | |
| 11 | Energie Cottbus | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -1 | |
| 12 | Greuther Fürth | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -4 | |
| 13 | KSV Holstein | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | |
| 15 | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | |
| 16 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | PO |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -9 | III |
| 18 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | III |