This Golden Hawks National Rankings Update is presented by Westpoint Sports 

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - The final rankings are in.  

The Golden Hawks moved up to the number four spot in the nation, jumping up two spots from last week. The team finished the season with 21 wins, the most since the 2012-13 season that also had 21 wins. 

The purple and gold ended the regular season with a 3-1 record and on a two-game winning streak, shutting out Ontario Tech 5-0 and taking down their Highway 7 rivals, the Guelph Gryphons, 3-1.  

Laurier also clinched the number one seed in the OUA West with 60 points and awaits the winner of the single game elimination between Brock and Windsor.  

The final rankings featured the same conference teams. Waterloo and Queen's stayed put at numbers five and eight, while Guelph dropped two spots to number six. 

U SPORTS uses the Elo rating system to calculate its weekly national rankings. Elo calculates team rankings on a game-by-game basis, using an algorithm that generates a statistical calculation based on certain customized variables adapted across the range of U SPORTS team sports.