NCAA Standings 1979-80
1979-1980
1979-1980 Season
Univ. of North Dakota finished first in the 1979-80 NCAA standings with 43 points. Boston College (37 points) and Univ. of Minnesota (36 points) followed.
1979-80 NCAA Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/- | TP | PPG | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Northern Michigan Univ. | 41 | 34 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 239 | 128 | 111 | 34 | 0.83 | Final loss  |
| 2. | Ohio State Univ. | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | - | - | 192 | 123 | 69 | 29 | 0.76 | - |
| 3. | Ferris State College | 38 | 26 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 214 | 156 | 58 | 22 | 0.58 | - |
| 4. | Bowling Green State Univ. | 38 | 16 | 2 | 20 | - | - | 161 | 174 | -13 | 18 | 0.47 | - |
| 5. | Western Michigan Univ. | 36 | 18 | 2 | 16 | - | - | 196 | 182 | 14 | 13 | 0.36 | - |
| 6. | Lake Superior State Univ. | 34 | 12 | 1 | 21 | - | - | 158 | 201 | -43 | 4 | 0.12 | - |
| ECAC East | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Boston College | 33 | 25 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 184 | 120 | 64 | 37 | 1.12 | - |
| 2. | Providence College | 32 | 21 | 0 | 11 | - | - | 148 | 123 | 25 | 34 | 1.06 | - |
| 3. | Univ. of Maine | 32 | 15 | 1 | 16 | - | - | 129 | 144 | -15 | 21 | 0.66 | - |
| 4. | Univ. of New Hampshire | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | - | - | 120 | 133 | -13 | 18 | 0.60 | - |
| 5. | Boston Univ. | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | - | - | 128 | 131 | -3 | 16 | 0.57 | - |
| 6. | Northeastern Univ. | 27 | 7 | 0 | 20 | - | - | 103 | 149 | -46 | 10 | 0.37 | - |
| ECAC Ivy | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Dartmouth College | 31 | 19 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 151 | 125 | 26 | 31 | 1.00 | Frozen Four |
| 2. | Cornell Univ. | 31 | 16 | 0 | 15 | - | - | 150 | 146 | 4 | 22 | 0.71 | Frozen Four |
| 3. | Brown Univ. | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | - | - | 91 | 113 | -22 | 20 | 0.77 | - |
| 4. | Princeton Univ. | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | - | - | 96 | 111 | -15 | 18 | 0.69 | - |
| 5. | Harvard Univ. | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | - | - | 102 | 122 | -20 | 17 | 0.65 | - |
| 6. | Yale Univ. | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | - | - | 112 | 135 | -23 | 13 | 0.50 | - |
| ECAC West | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Univ. of Vermont | 35 | 23 | 0 | 12 | - | - | 156 | 135 | 21 | 32 | 0.91 | - |
| 2. | Clarkson Univ. | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 205 | 151 | 54 | 28 | 0.82 | - |
| 3. | RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.) | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | - | - | 133 | 112 | 21 | 28 | 1.04 | - |
| 4. | Colgate Univ. | 31 | 18 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 139 | 118 | 21 | 21 | 0.68 | - |
| 5. | St. Lawrence Univ. | 32 | 6 | 0 | 26 | - | - | 97 | 178 | -81 | 6 | 0.19 | - |
| Independent | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Air Force Academy | 31 | 15 | 0 | 16 | - | - | 150 | 167 | -17 | - | - | - |
| 2. | Miami Univ. (Ohio) | 38 | 23 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 210 | 140 | 70 | - | - | - |
| 3. | US International Univ. | 34 | 24 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Univ. of North Dakota | 40 | 31 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 217 | 119 | 98 | 43 | 1.08 | Champion |
| 2. | Univ. of Minnesota | 41 | 26 | 0 | 15 | - | - | 236 | 179 | 57 | 36 | 0.88 | First round loss |
| 3. | Colorado College | 39 | 21 | 1 | 17 | - | - | 200 | 208 | -8 | 33 | 0.85 | - |
| 4. | Univ. of Michigan | 38 | 23 | 2 | 13 | - | - | 205 | 167 | 38 | 28 | 0.74 | - |
| 5. | Univ. of Notre Dame | 39 | 18 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 202 | 199 | 3 | 27 | 0.69 | - |
| 6. | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | 38 | 17 | 0 | 21 | - | - | 191 | 207 | -16 | 30 | 0.79 | - |
| 7. | Michigan Tech | 38 | 18 | 2 | 18 | - | - | 181 | 160 | 21 | 26 | 0.68 | - |
| 8. | Michigan State Univ. | 38 | 14 | 0 | 24 | - | - | 158 | 227 | -69 | 24 | 0.63 | - |
| 9. | Univ. of Wisconsin | 36 | 15 | 1 | 20 | - | - | 172 | 182 | -10 | 24 | 0.67 | - |
| 10. | Univ. of Denver | 36 | 13 | 1 | 22 | - | - | 141 | 169 | -28 | 17 | 0.47 | - |
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