It took only one week for the SEC to re-assert itself on the national college football landscape. A record 10 conference teams have landed in this week’s Associated Press Top 25, and 13 of them are in action this Saturday, with the biggest matchup being LSU’s visit to Mississippi State. Here’s what the league’s coaches had to say about their teams’ respective Week 2 games:

Nick Saban, Alabama: “Everybody’s got good football players and everybody needs to respect the opponent, all right? the Crimson Tide coach said. “I don’t care for favorite in the game or not favorite in the game. The most important thing for our players is to focus on what they need to do to play their best.” Saban was responding to a reporter who made the mistake of calling Alabama a heavy favorite over Middle Tennessee State, this Crimson Tide’s opponent on Saturday. Saban became irate with the reporter, who suggested he create in-game competition between QBs Jake Coker and Cooper Bateman.

Gus Malzahn, Auburn: “We’re playing a very good team in Jacksonville State (this Saturday), the Tigers coach said. “They are very talented, more talented than some Division I (FBS) teams. This is a quality opponent and our focus is on getting better.”

Bret Bielema, Arkansas: “Obviously, you’d like to have a full game (of film) on ’em,” the Razorbacks coach said, referring to Toledo’s opener last week against Stony Brook, which was eventually canceled due to hazardous weather conditions. “They were down early, you know, so you know they had to come out and keep things going. They’d obviously two of their better players and people gotta rally around that. We used all the game film from a year ago. Coach (Matt Campbell) has been in that system for a while now, that’s his bread and butter. So I don’t think it really affects us all that much.” The Hogs host the Rockets on Saturday.

Jim McElwain, Florida: “I think both guys played well, both guys had mistakes,” the Florida coach said about Will Grier and Treon Harris who both took snaps for the Gators in their season-opening 61-13 victory over New Mexico State last week. “But that’s part of playing, that’s part of learning. … We’ll kind of look at that and I’ll let you know. But we’ll play both like we did last week. I’m sure it will be similar.” Both QBs should see action again when Florida hosts East Carolina on Saturday.

Mark Richt, Georgia: “I do like it when the opponent says a few things that can get our guys riled up a little bit,” the Bulldogs coach said on his call-in show Monday night. Richt was responding to the following quote from Vanderbilt guard Jake Bernstein who said the following: “Personally I would rather have Ralph Webb than Nick Chubb any day. He’s Vanderbilt’s running back and he’s going to get it done.” The Commodores, who lost to Western Kentucky in their opener last week, host Georgia on Saturday.

Mark Stoops, Kentucky: “We’ll have our hands full for sure,” the Wildcats coach said. With “us beating them last year, we’ve got to go into their place, it’ll be a very difficult environment and against a team that’ll be very hungry to get after us.” Saturday night, Kentucky visits South Carolina, where it hasn’t won since 1999.

Les Miles, LSU: “We’ll enjoy our preparation and we’ll be fresh,” the Tigers coach said. “We’ll look forward to Mississippi State (Saturday night) with the enthusiasm of getting to play the opener.” The 14th-ranked Tigers played less than five minutes before lightning canceled their season opener with McNeese State last Saturday night.

Dan Mullen, Mississippi State: “There is probably advantages on both sides and disadvantages on both sides and I don’t know that one really outweighs the other,” the Bulldogs coach said. “Obviously, the advantage for us is that we’ve played in a very tough road environment. For our younger guys, even for our older guys, to get a game under their belt, I think that’s fantastic.” Mississippi State won at Southern Miss in its season opener last week.

Gary Pinkel, Missouri: “The great players are the ones that figure out that when you prepare to play a game, it doesn’t matter really where it’s played or who you’re playing,” the Tigers coach said. “Tom Brady doesn’t say ‘OK, I’m playing this first game different than I’m going to play in the Super Bowl.’ ” Mizzou, which hasn’t lost on the road in nearly three years, visits Arkansas State on Saturday.

Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss:  “I know this isn’t probably the answer that everyone wants to hear, but I like all three right now,” the Rebels coach said, referring to Ole Miss QBs Chad Kelly, Ryan Buchanan and DeVante Kincade, who all saw action in last week’s 76-3 season-opening win over Tennessee-Martin. The Rebels host Fresno State on Saturday.

Steve Spurrier, South Carolina: “Probably what we need to worry about is see if we can line up and get the ball snapped, eliminate some careless penalties and try to look like a pretty good team when we go out here Saturday night (against Kentucky),” the Gamecocks coach said.

Butch Jones, Tennessee: “Now we all also understand that the team we are about to face here in less than a week, I believe is a top 5 football team and a top 5 football program,” the Volunteers coach said about Oklahoma, which visits Knoxville on Saturday.

Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M: “I’ve heard the word yank, I’ve heard the word this, that and the other … we don’t have a quarterback controversy,” the Aggies coach said. “Those guys understand where we are. We played them and we’re better off playing both of those guys in that situation.” Sumlin was talking about quarterbacks Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray, who both played in last week’s season-opening win over Arizona State, and could both see action Saturday against Ball State.

Derek Mason, Vanderbilt: “That means we’re moving the chains,” the Commodores coach said, referring to quarterback Johnny McCrary, who connected with nine different pass catchers for 217 yards and ran for 66 more in Vandy’s season-opening loss to Western Kentucky.