SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The national rankings for the Susquehanna University football team remained the same this week as the River Hawks held on to the No. 20 spot in the D3football.com Top 25 and the No. 22 spot in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Coaches Top 25 polls.

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The River Hawks are coming off a dominant 36-0 Centennial Conference win over Ursinus College on Homecoming this past Saturday. It was Susquehanna's first shutout win since 2012 and the eighth against the Bears.
 
The Centennial Conference standings have No. 6 Muhlenberg College (7-0, 6-0 CC) in first followed by Susquehanna in second and Johns Hopkins University (5-2, 4-2 CC) in third. Dickinson College (4-3, 3-3 CC) and Franklin & Marshall College (4-3, 3-3 CC) are tied for fourth after the Red Devils' 17-10 overtime win at F&M.
 
This week's Centennial Special Teams Player of the Week, sophomore kicker Elijah Hoffman (Elysburg, Pa./Southern Columbia) tallied a career-best 12 points in the win over Ursinus as Hoffman was 3-for-3 on field goals, connecting on kicks of 27, 22, and a career-best 35 yards. He was also 3-of-4 on extra point attempts while averaging 54.4 yards on eight kickoffs, totaling 435 yards with one touchback.
 
Hoffman currently ranks second in the Centennial with seven made field goals while ranking third with 46 points and 25 extra points made. He is also third in the league with 43 kickoffs for 2,353 yards.
 
The River Hawks (6-1, 5-1 CC) will head to Gettysburg, Pa., on this Saturday, November 2, to take on Gettysburg College (1-6, 1-5 CC) in conference action at 12:00 p.m. on Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.
 
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