The two sides battled out a draw earlier in the season, making third-placed Manchester university the only side to take points away from Salford this season.
But it was a different story on Sunday.
After opening up an early lead, Salford never trailed and went in at half time leading 18 - 13. But the students came out after half time determined to regain the advantage.
However, the Salford defence that proved so effective against Manchester the week before became virtually impenetrable for their rivals.
Despite their valiant efforts, they only managed to score four goals in the first 20 minutes of the half and only eight in total.
In contrast, Salford scored a further 18 goals and finished the game confident 35-21 winners.
Elsewhere, Liverpool Wolves beat Deva 29-17, while Nottingham University were 31-15 winners over Liverpool Speke Garston.
Nottingham moved up to third on the back of that victory, and with games in hand they look set to mount a good challenge for the Northern Section title.
Manchester were handed a 10-0 victory over Wirral by default after the Merseyside outfit failed to raise a side for the clash against the league leaders.
* In the Southern Section, Ruislip Eagles edged past Olympia 24-23 in a thrilling encounter on Sunday.
Ruislip took the initiative right from the start and put Olympia under pressure establishing a four-goal lead thanks to several goals from Fabien Colette.
Olympia looked shaken but stood strong, and with Toufik Haddadou's goals they reduced the gap to reach half time with only a one goal deficit 13-14.
The Eagles started the second half stronger and were ahead up to five goals with 15 minutes remaining. However a fighting Olympia team managed to come back in the game and even led by one with just four minutes remaining.
Ruislip then launched one last big effort to turn the game at their advantage and finished victorious 24-23 after endless defensive displays.
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