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