Are these guys for real? Are they this season's SSV Ulm (3rd to 2nd to 1st Div. in consecutive seasons)?
A bit too early to say anything like that. They are a complete surprise - I think they got the smallest budget of all teams in the league (which rather would be a comparison to St Pauli two seasons ago). They are having a run at the moment and if they can make it last for a while, then they got good chances. Under normal circumstances they (and Lübeck on rank 3) they'll face reality soon and go back to the regions where they belong.
Trier is about a 20 minute drive from where I used to live (Traben-Trarbach). They always had a bad team. It's amazing what they've done.