After plenty of talk about Michigan’s soft schedule this season, the Wolverines rolled into Happy Valley to face its first big test in Penn State. Despite not having its head coach and running the ball for its final 32 plays from scrimmage, Michigan still got the job done and went home with a 24-15 victory.
The advanced metrics still support Michigan after the win too, as the Wolverines remain in the top spot of ESPN and Bill Connelly’s SP+ rankings following Week 11.
For those of you who are new to SP+, Connelly says, “it’s a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency.