FC Normannia Gmünd, SV Bonlanden and VfL Kirchheim/Teck, relegated to the Verbandsligas.
Kirchheim withdrew its team shortly before the start of the season and did not play any league matches.
[3] For league champions SSV Ulm 1846 it was the seventh title in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and it came only a year after the club had become insolvent in the Regionalliga Süd and had been relegated.
[4] The league's top scorer was Alexander Zimmermann of SV Spielberg with 21 goals.
[1] The league featured five new clubs for the 2011–12 season: The three Verbandsliga champions SGV Freiberg (Württemberg), TSV Grunbach (Baden) and FC Singen 04 (Südbaden) were directly promoted to the Oberliga.