Sep 21, 2026 · 49 min
Ole Miss challenges college football’s pecking order
Trinidad Chambliss ruins Kiffin’s return: should Ole Miss be #1? Ohio St’s issues + Klatt’s Top 10
Ole Miss’s upset of LSU raises a national-ranking question, while Ohio State’s deeper concerns complicate its easy-win narrative.
- 1Trinidad Chambliss powered Ole Miss past LSU, strengthening the case for the Rebels at college football’s summit.
- 2Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford adds a coaching storyline to Ole Miss’s argument for the top ranking.
- 3Ohio State’s win masked underlying issues even as Jeremiah Smith moved toward major school receiving records.
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Joel Klatt uses Trinidad Chambliss’s performance in Ole Miss’s upset of LSU to question whether the Rebels deserve the No. 1 ranking.
The brief
Ole Miss’s upset of LSU puts Trinidad Chambliss at the center of a larger ranking debate, with Joel Klatt questioning whether the Rebels should sit No. 1.
Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford gives the victory added weight, while Klatt’s criticism of the AP poll frames the episode as an argument over how teams are judged.
Ohio State’s easy win does not settle its case: Klatt examines underlying concerns while projecting Jeremiah Smith toward school records associated with Emeka Egbuka and Chris Olave.
The episode widens its lens across several notable games before Klatt unveils an updated Top 10 and argues that Georgia may be receiving too little credit.