BATON ROUGE -- With a relentless and up-tempo offensive attached, No. 1-ranked LSU scored 49-unanswered points and defeated Arkansas, 56-20, on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
LSU, 11-0 for the third time in school history (1958, 2011), improved to 7-0 in SEC play and earned a berth in the Dec. 7 SEC Championship game against Georgia. Kickoff will be at 3:10 p.m. CT in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Tigers scored eight touchdowns, with each drive lasting less than 2:30. In the third quarter, LSU needed only 4 plays to score three touchdowns in a five-minute span.
In 2 1/2 quarters of action, LSU senior quarterback Joe Burrow completed 23-of-28 passes for 327 yards and three touchdowns, including a 50-yarder to wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase on Burrow's final play of the contest with 7:48 left in the third quarter.