Template:1979–80 WCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| North Dakota†* | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .768 | 147 | 89 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 217 | 119 | |
| Minnesota* | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 173 | 155 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 263 | 179 | |
| Colorado College | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | .550 | 154 | 164 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 200 | 208 | |
| Michigan | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .538 | 131 | 118 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 205 | 167 | |
| Notre Dame | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | .482 | 150 | 146 | 39 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 202 | 199 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | .469 | 166 | 181 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 191 | 207 | |
| Michigan Tech | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | .464 | 141 | 120 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 181 | 160 | |
| Michigan State | 28 | 12 | 16 | 0 | .429 | 118 | 167 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 158 | 227 | |
| Wisconsin | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0 | .400 | 146 | 146 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 172 | 182 | |
| Denver | 26 | 8 | 17 | 1 | .327 | 95 | 135 | 36 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 141 | 169 | |
| Championship: Minnesota, North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||