Template:1971–72 WCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Denver†* | 28 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 148 | 104 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 205 | 137 | |
| Wisconsin* | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 134 | 87 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 170 | 106 | |
| North Dakota | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 130 | 109 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 161 | 138 | |
| Michigan State | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 119 | 103 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 129 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 129 | 123 | 35 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 148 | 150 | |
| Michigan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 108 | 163 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 132 | 186 | |
| Michigan Tech | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 120 | 124 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 152 | 148 | |
| Notre Dame | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 120 | 121 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 164 | 160 | |
| Colorado College | 28 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 140 | 165 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 170 | 184 | |
| Minnesota | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 83 | 132 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 97 | 157 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin, Denver † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||