Template:1977–78 WCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Denver† | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 192 | 112 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 235 | 140 | |
| Wisconsin* | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 127 | 113 | 43 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 214 | 149 | |
| Michigan Tech | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 150 | 123 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 184 | 157 | |
| Minnesota | 32 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 143 | 134 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 171 | 150 | |
| Colorado College* | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 162 | 172 | 41 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 212 | 218 | |
| North Dakota | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 146 | 167 | 38 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 172 | 192 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 135 | 155 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 155 | 182 | |
| Notre Dame | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 117 | 147 | 38 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 137 | 186 | |
| Michigan | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 149 | 175 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 169 | 192 | |
| Michigan State | 32 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 119 | 182 | 36 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 130 | 201 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin, Colorado College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||