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Michigan holds onto top spot in ESPN’S SP+ rankings after Week 6

Another week of college football is in the books, and following Michigan’s dominant road win over Minnesota, the Little Brown Jug is making its return to Ann Arbor.

The jug isn’t the only thing the Wolverines have to boast about, though, as their 52-10 win further solidified their spot atop ESPN and Bill Connelly’s SP+ rankings.

For those of you who might be new to SP+, it is an alternative form of ranking college football teams that takes into account performance on the field rather than just wins and losses. Connelly describes it as, “a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency.