| # | vorher | Verein | Sp. | Diff. | Pkt. | |
| 1. | 1 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 18 | 14 | 39 | |
| 2. | 2 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 12 | 37 | |
| 3. | 3 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 18 | 15 | 36 | |
| 4. | 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 18 | 8 | 32 | |
| 5. | 6 | SC Paderborn | 18 | 14 | 29 | |
| 6. | 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 7 | 29 | |
| 7. | 5 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 5 | 28 | |
| 8. | 8 | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 3 | 28 | |
| 9. | 9 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | -8 | 21 | |
| 10. | 15 | FC St. Pauli | 18 | -1 | 20 | |
| 11. | 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | -5 | 20 | |
| 12. | 18 | SV Sandhausen | 18 | -7 | 19 | |
| 13. | 11 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 18 | -10 | 19 | |
| 14. | 12 | SSV Jahn Regensburg | 18 | -12 | 19 | |
| 15. | 13 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | -5 | 18 | |
| 16. | 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | -10 | 18 | |
| 17. | 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | -6 | 17 | |
| 18. | 17 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 18 | -14 | 17 |
