ESPN personality Chris Canty shares wildly inaccurate statement about Ole Miss football on 'First Take'

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Fox News · collected 2026-09-22 · by Mark Harris

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On ESPN’s 'First Take,' former NFL player Chris Canty made an inaccurate statement about Ole Miss football, claiming the program has won only two games against AP Top 10-ranked teams in the last 60 years, crediting current quarterback Trinidad Chambliss for both victories. However, this claim is factually incorrect; Ole Miss has actually defeated numerous ranked teams since the start of the century, including several wins over top-10 opponents like LSU and Georgia within recent seasons.
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On Tuesday morning's episode of ESPN's "First Take," former NFL player Chris Canty inaccurately claimed that Ole Miss football had only two wins against AP Top 10 teams in the last 60 years, both secured by quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. During a discussion about Chambliss's future prospects in professional leagues, Canty made this statement while pointing to a graphic of Chambliss. However, this assertion was misleading; Ole Miss has a much longer and more successful history against ranked opponents than Canty suggested. The program under head coach Lane Kiffin led by Chambliss notably won over LSU on Saturday and previously defeated Georgia in the College Football Playoff, highlighting Chambliss's contributions but not the entirety of Ole Miss' achievements over decades.

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Claims extracted
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“Article A discusses Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford for a game between LSU and Ole Miss, while Article B talks about ESPN's inaccurate coverage of the same game on 'First Take'. They cover related topics but describe different specific events.”
Fox News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 10% hedged 3 of 30 📰 publisher trust 69
“The articles refer to different events: one describes student sentiment towards Lane Kiffin before a game, while the other discusses an ESPN personality's inaccurate statement about Ole Miss football after the game.”
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“Article A describes the actual football game between LSU and Ole Miss, while Article B discusses a subsequent inaccurate statement made on an ESPN show about the game.”
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🔮 'First Take' host Stephen A. Smith was joined by former NFL players Jeff Saturday and Chris Canty to discuss Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and what his future in the league could look like.
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Topics

ESPN Georgia LSU Ole Miss Rebels

Subjects

Ole Miss GPE · 7× Canty PERSON · 5× Chambliss PERSON · 4× Rebels ORG · 4× LSU ORG · 3× ESPN ORG · 2× Georgia GPE · 2× NFL ORG · 1× Stephen A. Smith PERSON · 1× Tigers ORG · 1×

Narrative

As Canty noted, Chambliss led Ole Miss to a win over LSU on Saturday and against Georgia in last year's College Football Playoff, giving him two wins over AP Top 10 teams, but he and the program have accomplished that feat many, many more times than two.
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🔮 'First Take' host Stephen A. Smith was joined by former NFL players Jeff Saturday and Chris Canty to discuss Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and what his future in the league could look like.

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With Week 3's showdown between LSU and Ole Miss delivering on every single level, talking heads were still reacting to the Rebels' 32-24 win over the Tigers on Tuesday morning. asserted
heads → deliver → morning
Given that it was one of the most highly anticipated college football games in recent history, taking a few days to dissect it all is well warranted, but if you're going to do so, you have to have the most basic facts correct. asserted
facts → give → it
ESPN did not abide by that rule. asserted
ESPN → abide → rule
'First Take' host Stephen A. Smith was joined by former NFL players Jeff Saturday and Chris Canty to discuss Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and what his future in the league could look like. uncertain
future → join → league
While Canty dropped compliment after compliment about Chambliss and his abilities, one statement he made about Ole Miss' history as a program was not even close to being accurate. asserted
he → drop → program
"Ole Miss has had two wins against AP Top 10-ranked teams in the last 60 years, and that dude has both of them," Canty said while pointing to a graphic of Chambliss. asserted
Canty → have → Chambliss
This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. uncertain
page → contain → partners
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. uncertain
News → sign → wager
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom. asserted
that → create → newsroom
While we can say that Canty is being a prisoner of the moment and also understand that he was likely fed that 'statistic' about the Rebels by a producer or researcher at ESPN, we can also recognize just how far detached from reality it is. asserted
it → say → reality
As Canty noted, Chambliss led Ole Miss to a win over LSU on Saturday and against Georgia in last year's College Football Playoff, giving him two wins over AP Top 10 teams, but he and the program have accomplished that feat many, many more times than two. asserted
he → note → two
Just last season, No. 4 LSU visited Ole Miss and Chambliss led the Rebels to a 24-19 win. asserted
Chambliss → visit → win
In 2024, Jaxson Dart pushed the Rebels past No. 3 Georgia. asserted
Dart → push → Georgia
Ten years earlier, Ole Miss beat No. 3 Alabama 23-17 and No. 4 Mississippi State six weeks later, before beating the Crimson Tide on the road the following year when Bama was the No. 2 team in the nation. asserted
Bama → beat → nation
Since the turn of the 21st century alone, Ole Miss has beaten 16 teams ranked inside the AP Top 10. asserted
Miss → beat → Top
Mistakes happen, but some are far more egregious than others, and Canty's certainly falls into that category. asserted
Canty → fall → category
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