It’s crunch time for Alabama and Michigan before they face off in the College Football Playoff’s Rose Bowl semifinal. The two teams are scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. CT Monday in Pasadena.

Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh are nearly out of time to prepare their respective teams for the game. But neither of them are done working yet.

“The hay is never in the barn for us,” Harbaugh said Sunday during a joint press conference with Saban. “We never think of it that way. Things to clean up, polishing the diamond as we like to say, make the most of this day.”

Harbaugh said prep will continue, and the Wolverines will watch a movie Sunday night before attempting to get sleep the night before the game. He noted how difficult it can be to get rest ahead of a game like the Rose Bowl.

The UM head man said Saturday night’s sleep ends up being the most important.

“Kind of feel like that’s the sleep you play on,” Harbaugh said. “Got a darned good one last night. Anything tonight will just be a bonus. Wake up tomorrow, and everybody has their own approach to game day.”

Once players get up on Monday, it’s time to get down to business.

“Just going to have to go through our routine and then get to the stadium, and then it’s like new,” Harbaugh said. “You’re in a new setting, and it takes five or ten minutes to adjust. But at some point you’ve got to lock in and you’ve got to get the rhythm. Rhythm, get the rhythm, get the freaking rhythm, and then toe meets leather and it’s on.”

Both Harbaugh and Saban have experience coaching teams in CFP games. Neither of them are panicking as game time approaches.

Saban let his players enjoy everything Rose Bowl week had to offer. But he needed the Crimson Tide to stay committed, even with distractions around.

“We really need to stay focused on what we came here for, especially each day in meetings, each day in practice.I think trying to create the right mindset in the last 48 hours leading up to the game, to really focus on execution, because we have a plan. Everybody has got an accountability and a responsibility to do a job.”

One thing Saban hopes he doesn’t have to do is inspire his team. One of his central coaching tenets is to work from internal, not external motivation.

And besides, this is the College Football Playoff.

“If we have to motivate guys to play in this game, it’s probably not a good thing,” Saban said. “They should be pretty motivated. I think channeling the energy in the right direction is really, really important in games like this.”

Alabama and Michigan are scheduled to face off at 4 p.m. CT Monday. The game will be aired on ESPN.