| Rang | Verein | Spt. | g | u | v | Tv. | Diff. | Pkt. |
 1 |  FC Schalke 04 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 22:10 | +12 | 38 |
 2 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 34:20 | +14 | 37 |
 3 |  SV 07 Elversberg | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33:18 | +15 | 34 |
| 4 |  SC Paderborn 07 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28:20 | +8 | 33 |
| 5 |  Hannover 96 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33:26 | +7 | 32 |
| 6 |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32:22 | +10 | 30 |
| 7 |  Hertha BSC | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23:18 | +5 | 30 |
| 8 |  Karlsruher SC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29:35 | -6 | 26 |
| 9 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22:27 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 |  Holstein Kiel | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24:24 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 |  VfL Bochum | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26:25 | +1 | 22 |
| 12 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20:32 | -12 | 21 |
| 13 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29:27 | +2 | 20 |
| 14 |  1. FC Magdeburg | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 25:31 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 |  Preußen Münster | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22:28 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 |  Fortuna Düsseldorf | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 17:29 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 |  Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28:35 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26:46 | -20 | 16 |