Michigan got back in the win column by defeating Washington at the Big House on Saturday by a final score of 24-7. As expected, the win put the Wolverines back in the good graces of ESPN and Bill Connelly’s SP+ rankings, rising one spot from where they were a week ago.

For those of you who are new to SP+, Connelly describes it as, “A tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency – It is simply a measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football. If you’re lucky or unimpressive in a win, your rating will probably fall. If you’re strong and unlucky in a loss, it will probably rise.”

A team’s SP+ rating is determined by it offensive, defensive, and special teams efficiencies and is used to predict how many points it would beat (or lose to) the “averag

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