The Wolverines overcame an early scare on Saturday to roll to a 52-7 victory against Indiana. Following the win, Michigan stands at 7-0 on the season and finds itself at No. 1 on ESPN and Bill Connelly’s SP+ rankings for the fourth consecutive week.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with SP+. Connelly describes it as, “a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency,” that takes into account efficiencies for a team’s offense, defense, and special teams. With all three phases of the game taken into account, it’s all boiled down to one rating that indicates how many points better than the “average” college football team a given team should be.