For me personally, if I’m comparing teams with the same record, I’d rather take the team that has the higher end win or win(s). Because that team has shown at least once that they’re capable of winning a game like that. Even if their losses aren’t as good.
In a world where we had two different 17 point 4th quarter leads against the alleged 13th best team before losing to Texas, and Kentucky also took them to OT, I’m saying that plus the UF loss makes their home win over A&M not mean a damn thing. That’s not one, not two, but three games against some of the worst P4 teams in the country that were either were a loss or should have been a loss.
Texas away from Austin:
Ohio State - L
4-8 Florida - L
5-7 MSU - OT win due to catastrophic and historical coaching blunders
5-7 Kentucky - OT win by 3, in a game where they had 8 total first downs and 200 fewer yards than UK, and only got 1 turnover. So it no doubt also featured some BS from Stoops.
Georgia - 25 point loss
Red River Shootout - W (their only decent performance).
They are a straight up terrible football team when not playing at home. Where is every game they would play in the CFP if they made it? Not in Austin.
Anyone can get lucky and get a “quality win” at home…especially with UT’s talent. It’s so easy that even Zach Arnett and Jeff Lebby can do it. You have to look at the entire resume though.