CFP top 12 projection: Flawed Texas finding a way

The SEC is still in a position to get two first-round byes, earn the most playoff bids and reassert itself with a national champion for the first time in three seasons.

It just won't be LSU. Or Kentucky.

Texas, for all of its flaws, found a way to beat a CFP top 25 team -- again -- with its 22-21 come-from-behind win at LSU, eliminating the four-loss Tigers from any lingering hopes of playing their way back into the conversation. Quarterback Arch Manning put together an underwhelming performance, completing just 19 of 35 passes for 174 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.

But he again made that one play that changed the game and in turn cemented the Longhorns' place in the playoff…