| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fortuna Köln | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 16 | +30 | 43 | |
| 2 |  FC Gutersloh | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 37 | |
| 3 |  Rot-weiss Oberhausen | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 37 | |
| 4 |  Schalke 04 II | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 36 | |
| 5 |  Sportfreunde Siegen | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 33 | |
| 6 |  Borussia Dortmund II | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 33 | |
| 7 |  Borussia M'gladbach II | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 32 | |
| 8 |  Köln II | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 32 | |
| 9 |  Sportfreunde Lotte | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 27 | |
| 10 |  FC Bocholt | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 23 | |
| 11 |  Bonner SC | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 23 | |
| 12 |  Paderborn II | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 21 | |
| 13 |  SV Rodinghausen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 18 | |
| 14 |  Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 18 | |
| 15 |  Wuppertaler SV | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 39 | -14 | 17 | |
| 16 |  Bochum II | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 13 | |
| 17 |  Wiedenbrück | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 39 | -17 | 13 | |
| 18 |  SSVg Velbert | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 45 | -27 | 11 |
