| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|
| 1. | Reutlingen | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 44:18 | 26 | 40 | |
| 2. | Nurnberg | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 35:16 | 19 | 39 | |
| 3. | Greuther Furth | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32:14 | 18 | 38 | |
| 4. | Mannheim | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 41:19 | 22 | 36 | |
| 5. | St. Pauli | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 39:21 | 18 | 35 | |
| 6. | Ahlen | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33:21 | 12 | 35 | |
| 7. | B. Monchengladbach | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33:11 | 22 | 33 | |
| 8. | Saarbrucken | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28:24 | 4 | 32 | |
| 9. | Hannover | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29:14 | 15 | 31 | |
| 10. | Oberhausen | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32:18 | 14 | 31 | |
| 11. | Alemannia Aachen | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21:15 | 6 | 30 | |
| 12. | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 36:20 | 16 | 29 | |
| 13. | Duisburg | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29:22 | 7 | 27 | |
| 14. | VfL Osnabruck | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24:21 | 3 | 26 | |
| 15. | Mainz | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20:19 | 1 | 26 | |
| 16. | Stutt. Kickers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18:23 | -5 | 23 | |
| 17. | Ulm | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25:28 | -3 | 19 | |
| 18. | Chemnitzer | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12:32 | -20 | 9 | |
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