Template:1970–71 WCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PCT | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan Tech† | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 112 | 62 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 173 | 105 | |
| Denver* | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 114 | 92 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 178 | 133 | |
| Wisconsin | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 102 | 77 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 180 | 110 | |
| Michigan State | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 101 | 97 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 152 | 124 | |
| Minnesota* | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 77 | 88 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 116 | 128 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | 98 | 106 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 147 | 146 | |
| North Dakota | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | .404 | 92 | 116 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 123 | 141 | |
| Colorado College | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 81 | 100 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 142 | 168 | |
| Michigan | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | 77 | 116 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 118 | 147 | |
| Championship: Minnesota, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||