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