TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Alabama appears to be safe in the clubhouse at No. 2 in the BCS standings. Coach Nick Saban gets to spend the week visiting recruits. There's no risk of losing a game this week.

No. 1 LSU is preparing for the Southeastern Conference Championship Game. With a loss to Georgia, who knows what could happen to the Tigers' national championship hopes?

Would Nick Saban trade places with LSU?

Would he risk losing a shot at the national championship just to get a shot at the SEC championship?

"Why would I answer that question?" the Alabama coach said Monday. "I got enough problems to deal with today. I've got guys getting ready to go out for the draft. I've got guys that want to pick an agent. I've got a banquet coming up. We've got workouts coming up.

"I'm going to answer a question about hypothetical? I don't answer hypothetical questions. I don't even have an answer to that. I don't even think about it, to be honest with you."

Saban was just getting started on a rant at a Monday news conference.

"Why would you waste your time thinking about things that aren't real, that can't happen?" he said. "And I don't think we're safely in the clubhouse."

No. 3 Oklahoma State plays host to No. 10 Oklahoma on Saturday. If the Cowboys win big, can they bump Alabama out of a rematch with LSU in the Jan. 9 BCS Championship Game?

The only blemish on the Crimson Tide's record is a 9-6 overtime loss to LSU on Nov. 5 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Oklahoma State's only loss was at Iowa State, a 28-point underdog.

"I've got enough problems," Saban said. "I've got a dog at home that since football season started has not been trained one bit, that has been spoiled rotten by you know who, that shouldn't be on the couch, that's on the couch, that shouldn't run out of the yard that runs out of the yard

"I've got work at home, too. I've got to get a dog trained."