| 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 |  1. FC Kaiserslautern | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32:22 | +10 | 30 |
| 6 |  Hannover 96 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31:25 | +6 | 29 |
| 7 |  Hertha BSC | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21:16 | +5 | 29 |
| 8 |  1. FC Nürnberg | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22:27 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 |  Karlsruher SC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27:33 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 |  Holstein Kiel | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24:24 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 |  VfL Bochum | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26:25 | +1 | 22 |
| 12 |  Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29:27 | +2 | 20 |
| 13 |  1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24:29 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 |  Preußen Münster | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22:28 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 |  Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16:27 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20:32 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 |  Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 26:34 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 |  SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 26:46 | -20 | 15 |