Texas' Arch Manning, coach make case for Longhorns to get into College Football Playoff after upset victory

Texas Longhorns football coach Steve Sarkisian made the situation for his group to get into the College Football Playoff after Arch Manning led an upset supremacy over Texas A M Manning was -of- with passing yards and a touchdown pass He uncovered Ryan Wingo for a -yard outcome to put the Longhorns up three points in the third quarter Then up three points in the fourth quarter Manning scampered for a -yard touchdown run to give Texas a -point lead CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMNo Texas won the battle - and ruined No Texas A M s hopes of making the SEC Championship We re absolutely a playoff group and worthy of an opportunity to play for a national championship If the Longhorns made the Playoff they would be the first three-loss crew to do so They have a bad loss to Florida on their resume which would likely hold them back from getting into the final Their other losses were against No Ohio State and No Georgia COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING CLINCHING SCENARIOSSarkisian announced the Longhorns should be rewarded not punished for scheduling an out-of-conference matchup with the defending national champions to start the season If we're a - gang right now this isn't a discussion Sarkisian announced Manning echoed Sarkisian s sentiments If you let us in we can beat anyone Manning noted If you don't think we're one of the best teams in the country I don't know what to tell you More chaos around college football would likely have to happen for Texas to get into the field They were ranked four spots behind the Miami Hurricanes in the latest College Football Playoff rankings earlier this week The Associated Press contributed to this document Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter