re: East continues to own the West

Arkansas would arguably be the best team Georgia has played thus far if they had been on your September schedule. Arkansas vs South Carolina would basically be a pick em on a neutral field.

You only play two games in true road environments and one of those games is against the 9th or 10th best team in the league.

Georgia's schedule is arguably the weakest schedule a defending national champion has ever faced. One true road test against a good team, one neutral field game against a decent team, and three maybe four home games against teams with a pulse.