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No. 1 LSU smashes Arkansas to clinch SEC West, book league title showdown with East champ Georgia

AP photo by Matthew Hinton / LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire heads to the end zone for one of his three touchdowns during Saturday night's rout of Arkansas in Baton Rouge, La.
AP photo by Matthew Hinton / LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire heads to the end zone for one of his three touchdowns during Saturday night's rout of Arkansas in Baton Rouge, La. AP photo by Matthew Hinton / LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire heads to the end zone for one of his three touchdowns during Saturday night's rout of Arkansas in Baton Rouge, La.

By Associated Press 4 min read

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU coaches called one last play for running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire in hopes of getting him his fourth-straight 100-yard game.

Perhaps it was only fitting the Baton Rouge native, who needed just a yard, would break loose for a career-long 89-yard touchdown run. The top-ranked Tigers’ new spread offense has been producing explosive plays all season – a big reason why they’ve booked a trip to the Southeastern Conference title game for the first time since 2011.

Joe Burrow passed for 327 yards and three touchdowns, Edwards-Helaire rushed for a career-high 188 yards and three touchdowns and No. 1 LSU remained unbeaten with a 56-20 victory over reeling Arkansas on Saturday night.

“What a showing on offense – and we’re not done yet,” LSU coach Ed Orgeron said, referring as much to all 11 games this season as to the Tigers’ 612 total yards against Arkansas.

LSU (11-0, 7-0) can finish no worse than in a tie for first with Alabama (10-1, 6-1) in the SEC West and owns the tiebreaker with its 46-41 triumph in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 9.