Arkansas running back Alex Collins (3) carries in the first half of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Alex Collins ran for 141 yards and two touchdowns to help resurgent Arkansas win its fourth straight, 31-14 over ninth-ranked LSU on Saturday.
Combined with Alabama's victory hours earlier, Arkansas (6-4, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) eliminated LSU (7-2, 4-2) from contention in the SEC West. Only two weeks earlier, the Tigers were unbeaten and ranked second by the College Football Playoff committee. They were No. 9 in the CFP this week.
LSU running back Leonard Fournette had 127 yards from scrimmage and scored his 17th touchdown this season, but that may have done little to help his Heisman Trophy candidacy on a day when Alabama's Derrick Henry rushed for 204 yards and two scores.
Brandon Allen passed for 141 yards, including a 52-yard TD throw to Dominique Reed. Jared Cornelius added a 69-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter that sent much of the Tiger Stadium crowd to the exits.
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LSU quarterback Brandon Harris (6) scrambles to avoid Arkansas linebacker Dre Greenlaw (23) in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Harris fumbled on the play setting up an Arkansas touchdown. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Arkansas wide receiver Dominique Reed (87) breaks free from LSU defensive back Dwayne Thomas (13) on a touchdown reception in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Arkansas wide receiver Dominique Reed (87) celebrates his touchdown reception in the first half of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen (10) passes in the first half of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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