| Hertha BSC | Rot-Weiss Essen | |||
| VfL Osnabrück | SV Darmstadt 98 | |||
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Düsseldorfer TSV Fortuna | |||
| SC Freiburg | FC 08 Homburg/Saar | |||
| SpVgg Bayreuth | FC Schalke 04 | |||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | SV Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | |||
| SG Union Solingen | TSV Alemannia Aachen | |||
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | SV Viktoria Aschaffenburg | |||
| Offenbacher FC Kickers | SV Meppen | |||
| SC Fortuna Köln | Braunschweiger TSV Eintracht |
| 1 | FC 08 Homburg/Saar | 32 16 09 07 48 - 29 41 - 23 |
| 2 | SC Fortuna Köln | 32 17 05 10 69 - 45 39 - 25 |
| 3 | Düsseldorfer TSV Fortuna | 32 13 11 08 62 - 43 37 - 27 |
| 4 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 32 15 07 10 59 - 46 37 - 27 |
| 5 | TSV Alemannia Aachen | 32 15 07 10 50 - 42 37 - 27 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 32 14 08 10 52 - 38 36 - 28 |
| 7 | SV Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 32 13 10 09 47 - 38 36 - 28 |
| 8 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 32 12 11 09 40 - 40 35 - 29 |
| 9 | SV Meppen | 32 11 12 09 46 - 40 34 - 30 |
| 10 | Braunschweiger TSV Eintracht | 32 11 11 10 34 - 35 33 - 31 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 32 09 14 09 38 - 36 32 - 32 |
| 12 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 32 11 09 12 43 - 51 31 - 33 |
| 13 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 32 13 04 15 43 - 51 30 - 34 |
| 14 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 32 10 09 13 43 - 49 29 - 35 |
| 15 | FC Schalke 04 | 32 09 10 13 42 - 41 28 - 36 |
| 16 | VfL Osnabrück | 32 10 08 14 43 - 58 28 - 36 |
| 17 | SV Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 32 09 10 13 36 - 53 28 - 36 |
| 18 | Offenbacher FC Kickers | 32 11 05 16 42 - 48 27 - 37 |
| 19 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 32 06 12 14 37 - 58 24 - 40 |
| 20 | SG Union Solingen | 32 05 08 19 21 - 54 18 - 46 |