Template:1988–89 WCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Minnesota† | 35 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 157 | 91 | 48 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 209 | 134 | |
| Northern Michigan* | 35 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 163 | 110 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 212 | 144 | |
| Wisconsin | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 126 | 108 | 46 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 168 | 134 | |
| North Dakota | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 131 | 119 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 164 | 138 | |
| Denver | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 34 | 143 | 144 | 43 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 179 | 178 | |
| Michigan Tech | 35 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 128 | 150 | 42 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 142 | 188 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 35 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 106 | 135 | 40 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 126 | 153 | |
| Colorado College | 35 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 115 | 157 | 40 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 133 | 179 | |
| Championship: Northern Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||