Biggest surprises so far (Ole Miss, Tenn, OU, TAMU) and just how big SEC home field adv is

I have reservations right now because none of these teams have played a top half SEC team on the road yet, and this might be a controversial statement, in my opinion home field advantage can be a 15 point swing at the SEC level or top P4 level. OU beat Auburn by 7 and Mich by 10. I think Auburn wins a game vs OU at home by 3+. I think if OU went at Michigan at night on Saturday, that Michigan wins that game. For example, FSU lost by 8 at UVA. I think they win by 8 at home. Tenn and UGA went to OT, I think UGA wins by 10 at home vs Tenn. TAMU beat Auburn by 6 at home, I don't know if TAMU wins that on the road at Auburn.

Plenty examples, and yes you can find examples that go against that, but for the majority of top tier SEC games, it's as high as a 10-14 point swing to me. Another example is Florida Texas. If played at Texas, I have no doubt Texas would win it. Since it's at Florida, I give it a 50/50 shot. An easy 10+ pt swing is how I at least see it.

Fans of these undefeated teams think "No, we're just a super good team that's 5-0 or 4-0. It has nothing to do with not having played any top half SEC team on the road yet. Ask LSU and Bama how that logic goes who recruit at a higher level than Tenn, OU, Ole Miss, and maybe TAMU. Bama was at FSU, but you can place FSU as a 7th or so ranked SEC team right now.

We forget these are 18 to 22/23 year olds. They are easily pressured and 21 year old QBs often don't know how to handle 100,000 yelling fans. I couldn't handle my alcohol at 21, much less 100,000 adult fans yelling at me.

What these teams show is just how important home field advantage is. Ole Miss, Tenn, Tamu, OU haven't played a single Top 10 SEC team on the road yet. Night and day difference. That being said, I thought they'd be worse than they are now. I think Ole Miss loses 2 of their next 3. And TAMU loses 3 of their 4 SEC road games which are all end of year, which is what we've come to expect with the Aggies. Hats off for the great road Notre Dame win though.

Tenn and Ole Miss somehow play a 2024 Texas level cupcake schedule this year. Ole Miss has just 3 ranked opponents (that's really bad), and Tenn just 4 ranked opponents, when most SEC teams have 6 or more. Tenn really only has 1 tough road game on their schedule at Bama, I highly doubt ESPN analysts or the CFP committee will weight this as serious as it needs to be weighed as they aren't capable of that deep of thought or analysis. That is massively collosal to only play 1 ranked team on the road in a season in the SEC. LSU has 4 AP Top 15 SEC road games. Night and day difference.

OU, same thing but has a much more respectable schedule. Start out hot with all home games, then hit the SEC on the road, and it's when fans get cranky (see TD and LSU this week). It shows just how important SEC home field advantage on a Saturday night is. I don't think OU beats Auburn or Michigan on the road and would sit 2-2 if those were road games at night.