LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ? Matt Jones threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to DeCori Birmingham with 9 seconds left, and David Carlton made a long extra point to give Arkansas a 21-20 victory against No. 18 LSU on Friday.

Arkansas scored twice in the last half of the fourth quarter to win the SEC’s West Division title and advance to the conference title game against Georgia next Saturday in Atlanta.

Trailing 20-14 with 34 seconds left, Arkansas (9-3, 5-3 SEC) got the ball at its 19. Jones completed a 50-yard pass to Richard Smith on the first play.

After an incompletion from the LSU 31, Jones found Birmingham in the back right corner of the end zone. The sophomore slipped behind Randall Gay and outleaped him for the ball. LSU’s Travis Daniels was too late to break up the pass.

Arkansas was penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration, however, setting up a 35-yard extra point. Carlton’s kick was plenty long enough, but it curved left and was barely good.

LSU (8-4, 5-3) could have won the West Division and advanced to the championship game if not for the dramatic touchdown. Jones was just 2-of-13 for 46 yards before completing the two long passes on the final drive.

LSU quarterback Marcus Randall accounted for two touchdowns and threw for 203 yards on 14-of-25 passing to give LSU to a 20-14 lead before Arkansas’ comeback.

Fred Talley finished with 118 yards on 15 carries; he has 1,035 this season for LSU.

Arkansas 21, No. 18 LSU 20

LSU 7 3 7 3 ” 20

Arkansas 0 0 7 14 ” 21

First Quarter

LSU”Green 67 pass from Randall (Corbello kick), 6:44

Second Quarter

LSU”FG Corbello 49, :00

Third Quarter

Ark”Pierce 1 run (Carlton kick), 8:37

LSU”Randall 5 run (Corbello kick), 5:34

Fourth Quarter

Ark”Talley 56 run (Carlton kick), 6:33

LSU”FG Corbello 29, :40

Ark”Birmingham 31 pass from Jones (Carlton kick), :09

LSU Arkansas

First downs 20 19

Rushes-yards 43-150 48-245

Passing 203 127

Comp-Att-Int 14-25-0 4-16-1

Return Yards 48 53

Punts-Avg. 5-41.8 6-36.8

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 7-47 8-66

Time of Possession 30:56 28:55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING”LSU, Davis 14-67, Toefield 14-28, Randall 10-26, Green 2-17, Carey 2-3, Addai 1-2, Peterman 0-7. Arkansas, Talley 15-118, Pierce 7-41, Howard 13-40, Jones 11-35, Cobbs 2-11.

PASSING”LSU, Randall 14-25-0-203. Arkansas, Jones 4-16-1-127.

RECEIVING”LSU, Clayton 7-89, Green 3-92, Myers 2-7, Carey 1-9, Edwards 1-6. Arkansas, Smith 2-61, Wilson 1-35, Birmingham 1-31.