The regular season began play on September 26, 2015, and was concluded on March 2, 2016.

Updated as of March 2, 2016. x – clinched promotional playoff spot; y – clinched regular season league title; r – play in relegation series Source: hockey.no Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine After the regular season has ended, the two lowest ranked teams in the 2015–16 GET-ligaen and the two highest ranked teams in the First Division competed for the right to play in the 2016–17 GET-ligaen.

The tournament was organized according to a double round robin format, where each club played the others twice, home and away, for a total of six games.

The points system and ranking method used, was the same as in the regular season.

The points system and ranking method used, is the same as in the regular season.