Is Texas' brand and Arch Manning's celebrity enough to get Longhorns into CFP?

The College Football Playoff selection committee wants to choose the 12 best teams in college football to compete in the postseason bracket. But the networks paying boat-loads for broadcasting rights also want there to be a show.

So, might the Texas Longhorn blue-blood brand - not to mention quarterback Arch Manning's celebrity status in the NIL era of college football - be enough to get the Horns into the spotlight of the CFP?