| Rang | Verein | Spt. | g | u | v | Tv. | Diff. | Pkt. |
 1 |  SV Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40:22 | +18 | 41 |
 2 |  FC Schalke 04 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 26:16 | +10 | 40 |
| 3 |  SC Paderborn 07 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33:24 | +9 | 39 |
| 4 |  SV 07 Elversberg | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37:23 | +14 | 38 |
 5 |  Hannover 96 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35:27 | +8 | 35 |
| 6 |  Hertha BSC | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28:20 | +8 | 34 |
| 7 |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 35:31 | +4 | 31 |
| 8 |  VfL Bochum | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30:27 | +3 | 27 |
| 9 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24:30 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 |  Karlsruher SC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29:36 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 |  Holstein Kiel | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25:26 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21:32 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 |  1. FC Magdeburg | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 31:37 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 |  Fortuna Düsseldorf | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 19:30 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 |  Preußen Münster | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25:32 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30:28 | +2 | 21 |
| 17 |  Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31:38 | -7 | 21 |
| 18 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 32:52 | -20 | 19 |