Template:1988–89 CCHA standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Michigan State†* | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 188 | 95 | 47 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 277 | 150 | |
| Lake Superior State | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 128 | 90 | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 186 | 129 | |
| Illinois-Chicago | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 132 | 120 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 178 | 154 | |
| Michigan | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 137 | 118 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 177 | 154 | |
| Bowling Green | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 33 | 131 | 125 | 47 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 202 | 171 | |
| Western Michigan | 32 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 121 | 145 | 43 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 182 | 200 | |
| Ferris State | 32 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 99 | 144 | 40 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 126 | 171 | |
| Ohio State | 32 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 106 | 160 | 40 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 141 | 215 | |
| Miami | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 125 | 170 | 38 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 158 | 198 | |
| Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||