If you get your tough games at home, it could be the difference between a good season and a great one. Take Virginia Tech last year. West Virginia, a very pedestrian team, but one with a great home field advantage, especially against a big rival like the Hokies. Like just about everything else in sports, home field advantages are not created equal.
Some places are just harder to play at than others.
However, something occurred to me when I started thinking about the most powerful home field advantage in college football. Florida came to mind immediately, last year excluded. Tennessee has lost one home game in the last five. Then I realized that the teams I mentioned were pretty much the most successful ones in the country over the past decade or so. So I decided to do some math for the first time since AP Calculus in 12 th grade.