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Chip Towers

No. 1 Georgia wins SEC East with rout of Mississippi State

STARKVILLE, Miss. — It’s getting real now.

With its 45-19 win over Mississippi State at Davis Wade Stadium Saturday night, the No. 1-ranked and defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs (10-0, 7-0 SEC) officially punched their ticket to the Dec. 3 SEC Championship game Dec. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It is fifth time in the last six years that the Bulldogs have claimed the Eastern Division title under seventh-year coach Kirby Smart.

And Georgia knows its opponent will be LSU. The Tigers (8-2, 6-1 SEC) eked out a hard-fought 13-10 win over Arkansas on Saturday in Fayetteville. With the victory — combined with Alabama’s 30-24 win over Ole Miss down the road in Oxford — the Tigers’ clinched the berth from the West.

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