No. 8 LSU travels to face Arkansas Saturday evening in one of the SEC’s most fascinating clashes during a loaded Week 8 slate. The Tigers are coming off a huge win against Ole Miss, which served as a tremendous boon for their College Football Playoff hopes (the Tigers are currently getting +135 betting odds to make the CFP, according to Fanatics Sportsbook), while the Razorbacks had a bye to prepare for one of their top conference rivals.
LSU has won seven Battles for the Golden Boot in the past eight years and it is riding a two-game winning streak, but each of the modern installments in this historic feud have been extremely close. The last four games between the two have come down to one possession, including Arkansas’ 16-13 overtime victory in 2021 — its only win in the series since 2015.
That 2015 season was the last time that LSU lost against Arkansas as an AP-ranked team. The Razorbacks are also standing in the way of LSU’s first 3-0 start to conference play since a historic 2019 season. Keen fans will remember that the Tigers went 15-0 that year, en route to their first College Football Playoff National Championship in program history.
The Razorbacks are a huge obstacle. They’ve played ranked teams like Oklahoma State and Texas A&M close this season, and they finally broke through in Week 6 with a win against then-No. 4 Tennessee.
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