Template:1986–87 CCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Bowling Green† | 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 181 | 121 | 45 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 238 | 160 | |
| Michigan State* | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 163 | 117 | 45 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 231 | 156 | |
| Lake Superior State | 32 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 143 | 130 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 181 | 168 | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 148 | 118 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 176 | 154 | |
| Western Michigan | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 155 | 144 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 219 | 187 | |
| Ohio State | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 132 | 168 | 43 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 188 | 211 | |
| Michigan | 32 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 153 | 174 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 188 | 220 | |
| Ferris State | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 114 | 152 | 43 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 157 | 197 | |
| Miami | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 127 | 192 | 39 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 151 | 232 | |
| Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||