After a resounding win at home against arch-rival Texas A&M, the only remaining undefeated team in the SEC, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian made his pitch for the Longhorns to be the final team in the playoffs.

Sark claims it would be a disservice to the sport if Texas were left out of the playoff, arguing that they battled through an intense SEC schedule, their only out-of-conference loss came against an undefeated Ohio State team, and they out-gained the Buckeyes by 200 yards. The Longhorns are currently 9-3, and no three-loss team has ever made the College Football Playoff. But has this Texas team done enough to steal one more playoff spot from the SEC?

The simple answer is no.

Sark’s central argument is that Texas could have scheduled an easier non-conference slate , and had they

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