The only drama in the SEC West was supposed to come out of Starkville, Miss., for LSU-Mississippi State, but the results out of Auburn, Ala., and Little Rock, Ark., top this week’s lists of biggest surprises from the SEC.

Results make up the bulk of this week’s surprises, but one team’s offensive and approach and another defensive’s struggles make the list too:

5.  LSU went one dimensional, still won: In most cases, going one dimensional on offense is a sign of a team being in trouble. Apparently not for LSU. On 61 offensive plays, the Tigers only called for QB Brandon Harris to throw the ball 14 times. Ditching the pass was surprising considering Harris went 5-for-8 in the first half.

4. UK tops USC in Columbia: The Kentucky Wildcats did something they weren’t able to do the last five seasons – beat an SEC team away from Commonwealth Stadium. It was uneven, with most of the offense coming in the first half and the defense fighting to hang on in the second half, but the 26-22 victory over South Carolina counts as much as any other win. The confidence booster should help coach Mark Stoops’ squad in road games later this season at Mississippi State and Georgia.

3. DBU couldn’t contain ECU: The 2015 East Carolina Pirates are hardly the same team the Gators saw in January’s Birmingham Bowl. The Pirates’ starting quarterback from last season, Shane Carden, graduated and the new starter named in August, Kurt Benkert, injured his knee in fall camp. East Carolina QB Blake Kemp racked up 333 passing yards against the Gators. To be fair, UF was without CB Vernon Hargreaves III and S Keanu Neal, but any team that boasts on social media about being DBU (Defensive Back University) should be able to shut down an ECU team replacing both its quarterback and top receiver from last season.

2. Auburn needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State: Considering the Jacksonville State Gamecocks roster’s ties to Auburn and returning talent, it wasn’t shocking that they gave Auburn a decent game. It was surprising that the Tigers needed all four quarters to tie, and an overtime period to come out one touchdown ahead. Even if Gamecocks co-defensive coordinator Brandon Hall knew what was coming from his days on Auburn coach Gus Malzahn’s staff, Malzahn should have been able to counter schematically well before overtime. The biggest surprise here is that Auburn didn’t make the necessary halftime adjustments to pull away in the second half.

1. Bret Bielema might not be able to see through all the egg on his face: Arkansas coach Bret Bielema made headlines last week for taking shots at Ohio State’s schedule. It was a bold move because he had to know the media outside of SEC country would be waiting to throw his remarks back in his face. The wait was not long. Less than one week after calling out the Buckeyes’ lack of ranked opponents, Bielema found his Razorbacks the laughingstock of the SEC, losing 16-12 to Toledo, a team Ohio State would almost certainly beat.