Yuletide greetings are in the air, the presents are wrapped, but the jolly old man is sending us out with some lumps of coal. Not everybody behaved themselves in 2017.

Some of these guys were just up to a little mischief, some are already out of town. But regardless, here are some entries for the SEC Naughty List.

Nick Saban, Alabama

ESPN reported that Saban (gasp, shock) tried to influence the CFP decision of including Alabama over Urban Meyer’s Ohio State team. Surely not. We are appalled — absolutely appalled — at this behavior. Thank goodness it worked!

Paul Rhoads, Arkansas

Rhoads was promoted to defensive coordinator to fix the Arkansas defense, which was morbid in 2016. Well, the Hogs ended up dead last in the SEC in points allowed and 13th in yardage allowed. And thus, the team that had been offensively explosive but bad defensively fell to 4-8, and Rhoads (as well as Bret Bielema) are now history. That’s the sort of thing that gets you a lump of coal.

Kyle Davis, Auburn

It’s not even terribly clear why Davis is on the naughty list. He was disciplined twice in the season’s first half dozen weeks, and that earned him the boot from Gus Malzahn for the dreaded violation of team rules. But on an Auburn team that finally incorporated a passing game, it was a lousy time for Davis to misbehave. Maybe Auburn would be in the CFP if Davis had kept his energy focused between the lines.

“Credit Card 9,” Florida

The black cloud that descended on Florida’s season really took form after nine Gators were invested in a series of transactions that involved credit card fraud. Star receiver Antonio Callaway and running back Jordan Scarlett were two of the nine players who were investigated, and who missed the season because of the incident. Had the UF nine stayed clean, things might have ended up very different in Gainesville in 2017.

Natrez Patrick, Georgia

We try not to work political, but advocates of marijuana have long maintained that it’s not really addictive. Better not use Patrick as an example, because after his third marijuana-related arrest during his UGA career, he’s on the naughty list of everybody except Willie Nelson and the editor of High Times.

Matt Panton, Kentucky

The senior transfer from Australia earned his way on to the naughty list. After Kentucky’s tough 37-34 loss to Ole Miss, the starting punter apparently tried to drown his sorrows. Panton got popped with a public intoxication arrest the morning after the game and had to miss the next game due to suspension.

Athletic director Joe Alleva, LSU

C’mon, Joe, this isn’t your first go-around in college sports. When you schedule the Homecoming opponent, that’s the time to play West Oregon State College for the Left-Handed, and not a team that can actually beat you. But no, you paid Troy almost $1 million to come into your house and nearly wreck your season. When we say “cupcake,” we mean a cupcake, Joe.

Leo Lewis, Mississippi State

Lewis helped drop the hammer on the Ole Miss Rebels, which normally would land him on the nice list. But here’s the thing — the hammer was that he took under-the-table money from Ole Miss in the recruiting process. There were reports that Lewis also received money from the father of a Mississippi State teammate, but that this apparently somehow wasn’t an NCAA issue. In any case, it smells pretty naughty from here.

Josh Heupel, Missouri

The SEC East has been downright brutal over portions of the past couple seasons. Enter Heupel, whose passing offense energized Missouri football and returned the Tigers to the postseason with one of the most entertaining stretches of the SEC season — Mizzou won its final six regular-season games. And Heupel then departed for Central Florida. We understand. It’s a great opportunity. But you’ve got to forgive the Tigers (and SEC columnists) for feeling like Heupel might have snuck Christmas away with him like the Grinch.

Shea Patterson, Ole Miss

Former coach Hugh Freeze was just too obvious. So better forward this one to Ann Arbor, but when a school invests big in a QB, builds an offense around him, and does everything but name a street on campus for him, it’s kind of a bad look when he flees town the second the NCAA drops the hammer. None of this was Patterson’s fault. But here’s the thing -— Patterson went two seasons in Oxford without playing in a bowl game. Would a third one really hurt him?

Kurt Roper, South Carolina

Roper, who was Carolina’s OC, has coached at Tennessee, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Tennessee again, Florida and South Carolina. He also worked for Duke and the Cleveland Browns, which probably says more about his level of coaching. In spite of QB Jake Bentley, a decent grounds game, tight end Hayden Hurst, and some excellent receivers, even without Deebo Samuel for most of the year, Roper’s offense finished 12th in the SEC in scoring and yardage. At least Santa has to leave his chunk of coal for a forwarding address, as Carolina canned Roper already.

Jauan Jennings, Tennessee

Jennings isn’t really on the UT team any more. His misbehavior landed him in more than just Santa’s doghouse, after he took to Instagram to rail against his coaches. The rant was allegedly inspired because the UT coaches wouldn’t let him switch positions in late-season to quarterback. We’ve got a lump of coal and a dose of reality for Jennings. (And we haven’t forgotten Rashaan Gaulden, either.)

Coaches Jim Turner and Jeff Banks, Texas A&M

These bozos ended up on the naughty list for 2016 for presenting an X-rated chalk talk to a women’s football camp. They were still at A&M and were part of the staff that turned the season into a 7-5 stumblefest and got the whole staff fired. Guess that goes to show that karma does exist in college football.

Nifae Lealao, Vanderbilt

Santa had to work hard to find somebody being naughty at Vandy, but Lealao was obliging enough. After the Commodores upset No. 18 Kansas State, Lealao took some verbal shots at the team’s next foe — Alabama. A 59-0 loss in that game began the spiral of Vandy’s 3-0 start to a 5-7 finish. Maybe Santa should bring duct tape instead of a lump of coal.