Time Zone – GMT-4 (America/New_York)
| Pl | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | |||
| 1 | Schalke | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 49:28 | 21 | 67 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 54:38 | 16 | 58 |
| 3 | Hannover | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 53:37 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Elversberg | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 55:35 | 20 | 56 |
| 5 | Darmstadt | 31 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 55:40 | 15 | 51 |
| 6 | Hertha Berlin | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 44:36 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 49:47 | 2 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42:43 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 40:41 | -1 | 41 |
| 10 | Bochum | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 46:45 | 1 | 40 |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 48:59 | -11 | 40 |
| 12 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 51:50 | 1 | 38 |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 47:48 | -1 | 36 |
| 14 | Braunschweig | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 34:52 | -18 | 34 |
| 15 | Dusseldorf | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 30:49 | -19 | 34 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 48:56 | -8 | 33 |
| 17 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 44:65 | -21 | 33 |
| 18 | Preussen Munster | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 34:54 | -20 | 28 |