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 event for his group to get into the College Football Playoff after Arch Manning led an upset mastery over Texas A M Manning was -of- with passing yards and a touchdown pass He unveiled Ryan Wingo for a -yard total 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 meeting - and ruined No Texas A M s hopes of making the SEC Championship We re absolutely a playoff squad and worthy of an opportunity to play for a national championship If the Longhorns made the Playoff they would be the first three-loss organization 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 TOURNAMENT 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 - squad right now this isn't a discussion Sarkisian revealed Manning echoed Sarkisian s sentiments If you let us in we can beat anyone Manning announced 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 allegedly 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 assessment Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter