Is Les Miles on his way out at LSU?

LSU at Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Charleston Southern at Alabama, 4 p.m., SEC Network

Idaho at Auburn, 4 p.m., SEC Network Alternate

Mississippi State at Arkansas, 7 p.m., ESPN

Georgia Southern at Georgia, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Tennessee at Missouri, 7:15 p.m., ESPN2

Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network

Charlotte at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network Alternate

SEC coaching vacancies are beginning to accumulate.

There’s one at South Carolina and another at Missouri, with Gary Pinkel making plans to retire at the end of the season.

Will LSU be added to the list?

The Advocate’s Scott Rabalais wrote this week that Les Miles is “coaching for his very job” in the Tigers’ final two games against Ole Miss on Saturday and Texas A&M on Nov. 28.

The evidence is beginning to pile up against Miles, the article pointed out.

LSU was 8-0 in the SEC in 2011, but has steadily declined — 6-2 in 2012, 5-3 in ’13 and 4-4 in ’14 — and is 4-2 after two consecutive losses to Alabama and Arkansas in which star running back Leonard Fournette gained a total of 122 yards.

The Tigers also allowed seven sacks in those defeats.

Even more damaging to Miles is the fact that LSU has lost five consecutive to Alabama, including the 2012 BCS Championship game, since its 9-6 win over the Crimson Tide in 2011.

Rabalais wrote that LSU boosters are tired of Miles’ “conservative offensive approach” and “habitual problems with penalties, delay-of-game issues, and this year’s special-teams breakdowns.”

“I think it’s imperative that the Tigers get back on track,” Miles said on the SEC coaches teleconference. “I don’t think that there could be any more motivation than the motivation I have.”

He also said: “You’re expected to win. That’s the kind of job that I want. I enjoy going into a stadium where everybody believes you ought to beat the tar out of the opponent. That’s plenty of incentive to me.”

More heat: This season is beginning to look a lot like 2014 at Kentucky. And like Miles, coach Mark Stoops is starting to feel the fans' ire.

Callers lambasted Stoops on his radio show this week, Kentucky.com reported, after the Wildcats (4-6) lost to Vanderbilt.

That was Kentucky’s fifth consecutive defeat after starting 4-1.

“I completely understand the frustration of fans,” Stoops told the media. “I want them passionate, and I want them to care. I want them to show up and support this team. The tickets are bought, and we need them in the stands.”

When Kentucky opened this season with four wins in its first five games — with only a five-point loss to Florida — it appeared the Wildcats were on their way to their first bowl appearance since 2010.

Instead, it’s been more of the same.

Kentucky was 5-1 in 2014 before losing its final six games to finish 5-7.

The Wildcats need to defeat both Charlotte, a first-season FBS program that is 2-8 (0-7 in Conference USA), and Louisville (6-4) to stop their bowl-less streak.

Home stretch: Pinkel, who will retire at the end of the season, will coach his final home game Saturday.

He is 118-71 record in 15 seasons with the Tigers (5-5) and needs one victory to reach a bowl this season.

Pinkel struggled when asked about his favorite memories at Memorial Stadium before talking about a 2003 victory over Nebraska.

“I don’t look back a lot. I probably will a lot more now,” he said. “I never really allow myself to do that. I always learn from what just happened, then we move on. I never go back and look at games, TV games from some of our bowl wins or big wins we’ve had. I’ve never done that. Ever. I’ll begin to do that. I have to really think about that. We’ve had so many big wins and great moments in the ’Zou. I’m really proud of being a part of a lot of players that have been a part of that.”

Fantastic freshman: Florida receivers have had big seasons for decades, but none of them accomplished what Antonio Callaway has this season.

He is the first receiver in school history to surpass 100 yards receiving in at least three games as a freshman.

Callaway, who is from Miami, had 112 yards against Tennessee, 110 against Georgia and 100 against LSU.

He’s one of four freshmen in the FBS with three 100-yard receiving games this season.

“We knew there was something special in this kid when we started recruiting him,” coach Jim McElwain told the Miami Herald earlier this month. “I think he’s proven that. And yet, he still hasn’t scratched the surface.”

Callaway averages 19.6 yards on 25 catches (489 yards) with three touchdowns. He also is third in the SEC with a 14.4-yard average (with one touchdown) on 20 punt returns.

Solid senior: Alabama's Geno Matias-Smith (St. Pius) has been overshadowed by fellow defensive backs Eddie Jackson and Minkah Fitzpatrick, but he's started all 10 games at free safety and is the Crimson Tide's third-leading tackler with 47.

Matias-Smith, who added his mother’s last name to his name before the season, provided extra muscle against LSU by finishing with a team-high six tackles in the 30-16 win Nov. 7.

Fitzpatrick (sprained knee) likely won’t play against Charleston Southern on Saturday.

He said it: "What I talked about with this group is November is where the real teams show up. Can't be a pretender. Pretenders fade. People who are relevant stay relevant. We have to continue to keep working. This group is grinding right now. It is a good place for us as I look at this football team." — Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason, whose team can become bowl eligible with wins over Texas A&M and Tennessee.

Etc.: Auburn is 2-8 in its past 10 SEC games. … Florida quarterback Treon Harris is 8-3 as a starter … Linebacker DeMarquis Gates (Lovejoy) is Ole Miss' third-leading tackler (48 tackles), despite starting only one game. … Alabama has defeated 58 consecutive unranked teams. The Crimson Tide hasn't lost to an unranked team since Auburn in 2007. … Tennessee has scored in 270 consecutive games, the fourth-longest active streak in the FBS. … Alabama running back Kenyan Drake (Hillgrove) could return in two weeks after having surgery to repair his fractured right arm.