Early scores by Tom O'Flaherty and Olly Woodburn put Exeter in control before Sam Simmonds and Jannes Kirsten crossed to secure the bonus point.

Simmonds added his second soon after the break and after Bath's Zach Mercer replied, Elvis Taione also crossed.

Max Wright and Ruaridh McConnochie went over for Bath before Woodburn's second and a Jack Maunder try for Exeter.

The win saw Exeter return to the top of the table, while Bath dropped to sixth as a consequence of Wasps' win over Gloucester.

Having lost narrowly at Harlequins last week, Exeter racked up another half century at home against a play-off rival having beaten Northampton 57-7 at Sandy Park two weeks ago.

They wasted little time in showing there were no lasting ill-effects from last week's loss in London as O'Flaherty was on the end of a lovely pass from Nic White to dive in after five minutes, and Woodburn doubled the lead soon after following Tom Hendrickson's powerful break.

The situation worsened for Bath as Sam Simmonds reminded England boss Eddie Jones of his prowess as he burrowed through a maul for his first try, and the visitors had Josh McNally sin-binned for a high tackle before Kirsten was forced over soon after.

Simmonds claimed his second try within seconds of the start of the second half as he showed superb footwork to breeze past two defenders and go in.

Mercer pulled one back for Bath after a series of attempts on the Exeter line, but Taione extended the lead immediately in similar fashion before Wright injured himself as he went over for Bath's second try.

McConnochie intercepted Jacques Vermeulen's pass to go in for his side's third as Exeter's defence looked a bit leaky, but their attack was again superb and Woodburn's second came after good play from Phil Dollman and the returning Jack Nowell, while Maunder crossed after a lovely run from Hendrickson.

Exeter: Dollman; O'Flaherty, Whitten, Hendrickson, Woodburn; J Simmonds (capt), White; Hepburn, Taione, Williams, Kirsten, J Hill, Ewers, Vermeulen, S Simmonds

Replacements: Poole, Moon, Pieretto, Witty, Armand, Maunder, Steenson, Nowell

Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Wright, Willison, McConnochie; Priestland, Chudley; Obano, Walker, Judge, McNally, Stooke, Williams, Louw (capt), Mercer

Replacements: Dunn, Boyce, Nixon, Ellis, Bayliss, Cook, Burns, De Glanville

Referee: Luke Pearce