| Fortuna Köln beat Werder Bremen II 2-1 (A) on 8 Sep 2017 |
| Werder Bremen II beat Preußen Münster 1-0 (A) on 5 Aug 2017 |
| Preußen Münster beat Würzburger Kickers 1-0 (A) on 2 Aug 2017 |
| Würzburger Kickers beat VfR Aalen 3-2 (A) on 16 Sep 2017 |
| VfR Aalen beat Sportfreunde Lotte 3-0 (H) on 5 Aug 2017 |
| Sportfreunde Lotte beat Carl Zeiss Jena 4-0 (H) on 20 Aug 2017 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena beat Hallescher 2-0 (A) on 1 Aug 2017 |
| Hallescher beat Wehen Wiesbaden 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 2017 |
| Wehen Wiesbaden beat Chemnitzer 2-1 (H) on 15 Sep 2017 |
| Chemnitzer beat FSV Zwickau 1-0 (H) on 23 Jul 2017 |
| FSV Zwickau beat Magdeburg 3-1 (H) on 15 Sep 2017 |
| Magdeburg beat Paderborn 1-0 (H) on 19 Sep 2017 |
| Paderborn beat SV Meppen 1-0 (H) on 25 Aug 2017 |
| SV Meppen beat Hansa Rostock 2-1 (A) on 5 Aug 2017 |
| Hansa Rostock beat Rot Weiß Erfurt 1-0 (A) on 1 Aug 2017 |
| Rot Weiß Erfurt beat VfL Osnabrück 1-0 (A) on 15 Sep 2017 |
| VfL Osnabrück beat Sonnenhof Großaspach 1-0 (A) on 9 Sep 2017 |
| Sonnenhof Großaspach beat SpVgg Unterhaching 4-1 (A) on 16 Sep 2017 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching beat Karlsruhe 3-2 (H) on 28 Jul 2017 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.