Week one is complete, and the SEC looks to be as wide open as it has been in recent memory.

Georgia had the most impressive performance of the weekend, but even Mark Richt said the Bulldogs have plenty areas in which to improve or they’ll get exposed.  Texas A&M also impressed in their road win at Williams-Brice Stadium, taking apart a South Carolina defense that was highly-touted.

Kentucky and Tennessee looked great in their dominating wins, giving fans reason to be optimistic in Lexington and Knoxville.  Arkansas, even in their loss at Auburn, played better than a lot of experts anticipated.  The Hogs were in the game into the third quarter at Jordan-Hare.

Vanderbilt and South Carolina had the most disappointing showings on Thursday night, both losing by double-digits at home as favorites.  Alabama looked surprisingly average in their win against West Virginia.  Auburn had to fight for the first half, but pulled away in the second half in their weather-delayed win against Arkansas.  LSU came back from a 17-point deficit against a top 15 team in Wisconsin with a young team.

Mississippi State dominated Southern Miss.  The defense swarmed the Golden Eagles.  The Bulldogs had 29 different players make a tackle.  Running back Josh Robinson had 136 yards from scrimmage on 17 touches.  Ole Miss showed some vulnerabilities in their win over Boise State, but the defense was stout from the start.  Missouri batted with FCS South Dakota State for some time, but was able to win smoothly late.

Get ready SEC fans; this season is going to be wild.  I’d argue based on the week one performances alone that we saw that there will be more parity this season in the SEC than in recent memory.

The SEC West has dominated the East recently.  The last time an SEC East team won the SEC Championship? Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow’s Florida Gators in 2008.

From the looks of it, however, that could change.  We saw as many underwhelming performances as we did dominant ones, and each team in the league showed vulnerabilities or areas in which they can be beaten.

Take Auburn, for example.  The Tigers didn’t have a defensive line the entire first half.  Arkansas gashed them running the football and was able to put up 21 first half points.

Texas A&M.  As well as they played, the defense showed remnants of the ability to give up the big play.  South Carolina burned the Aggie secondary twice in the first half for touchdowns off of big plays.

Alabama’s secondary showed serious weaknesses against Clint Trickett and West Virginia.  The Mountaineers threw for 365 yards against the Crimson Tide.

I don’t think we’ll have an undefeated SEC team this season.  The schedule is too tough, and no team we saw on Saturday is good enough to show up week-in and week-out and win.  And with some of the bottom-feeders rising up this season, such as Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, the strength top to bottom of the league will be much more even.

Does this mean no SEC team will make the College Football Playoff? Not at all. And as of Monday, some analysts have two teams currently projected in after week one.  Who knows, a team could get hot and go on a run, much like Auburn did last year.

But don’t be surprised to see your team get beat by a team you had previously chalked up a W against.  We saw some surprises this weekend, and they’re only getting started.