Template:1997–98 WCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| North Dakota† | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 127 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 188 | 115 | |
| Wisconsin* | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 102 | 88 | 41 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 151 | 121 | |
| Colorado College | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 111 | 93 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 174 | 132 | |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 101 | 90 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 141 | 121 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 94 | 90 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 140 | 130 | |
| Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 101 | 94 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 140 | 133 | |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 79 | 116 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 132 | 155 | |
| Denver | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 91 | 119 | 38 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 127 | 167 | |
| Alaska-Anchorage | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 81 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 59 | 116 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||