The No. 17 Texas Longhorns pulled their starters and lost some style points against Arkansas, preferring to rest for the critical regular-season finale against No. 3 Texas A&M.

Finding a way into the College Football Playoff will be tricky, but the Longhorns have a resume that stacks up with even two-loss teams in the country, and if Ohio State can win the Big Ten, it will only help them out more. Winning out, chaos, and patience could be enough for a path for the Longhorns, but the odds aren't too great in their favor.

Arch Manning completed something akin to the football version of hitting for the cycle in baseball on Saturday as No. 17 Texas throttled Arkansas 52-37. The Longhorns' redshirt sophomore quarterback scored as a passer, runner and receiver while totaling six touchdowns in what amounted to the best game of his career to date.

Multiple contenders collapsed early, but now College Football Playoff contenders aren’t losing — setting up a potential at-large overload.

North Texas is in the AP poll for the first time since 1959, but it hasn't cracked the College Football Playoff rankings yet.

Arch Manning continued to emerge in the SEC in Texas' win over Arkansas. Cedric Golden on how the Horns kept their dim College Football Playoff hopes alive.

Arch Manning accounted for six total touchdowns in a resounding 52-30 win for the Texas Longhorns over the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The headliner of the late window in college football is a matchup between No. 11 BYU and Cincinnati. The Cougars are on track to face Texas Tech in the Big 12 title game. Texas Tech and BYU are the only teams from the conference with just one loss against Big 12 competition.