Tropical storm Isaias has developed into a hurricane and could hit the Gulf Coast as early as Friday -- potentially taking it near Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the site of Saturday's game between No. 6 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia.
Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer said the "level of weather" will ultimately determine the impact it has on the competition on the football field.
"I'm just getting our football team ready," DeBoer said during the SEC teleconference Wednesday. "It hasn't affected us much other than we're doing the wet-ball drills and getting wet ball involved with some of our team reps, just like we did last week at times, preparing for the rain a week ago.
"But I'm not really involved in too much, just updated on where things stand, if there's anything that would need to be adjusted. But I haven't heard anything recently."
Neither has Georgia coach Kirby Smart, who said he doesn't have input on the logistics of the game.
The SEC and Alabama both put out statements Tuesday saying they're monitoring the weather.
"My thoughts are exactly what you said: It's uncertainty beyond my control," Smart said, responding to a reporter's question. "So, we as coaches game plan for multiple situations, weather conditions when they're there. We had that same prep last week with the threat of those things. So, it doesn't change a lot about practice. You have to practice good on good. You got to practice for the long term of the season, not just for one week.
"You can't really practice conditions, you can't simulate them. So, you're much better off to educate, learn from the past of other people that have played in them and prepare your team to play and not make it about that."
Isaias strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday, and forecasters say it could make landfall late Friday or early Saturday somewhere along the Alabama-Mississippi-Florida coastlines before moving north. The storm could prompt schools to cancel games, change kickoff times or even move games to other locations. The Southwestern Athletic Conference moved Florida A&M's game at Alabama State from Saturday to Friday morning.
"Alabama athletics continues to closely monitor the weather forecast ahead of Saturday's football game, with the safety and well-being of the student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans as our highest priority," UA athletics said in a statement earlier Wednesday. "We remain in close communication with the national weather service, the Southeastern Conference office and the University of Georgia as we observe conditions."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.