This time of year the recruiting class begins to take shape. With the early signing period this year however, it has taken a little more shape than in years past.

If you look at the 247Sports Composite rankings, the Ducks are ranked No. 15 currently.

USC and Washington have moved ahead of Oregon in the current rankings in the Pac-12 conference. To date, Georgia leads the current rankings with another strong recruiting class getting pieced together.

Oregon has signed 15 of its 20 commits already. For the sake of this article, we'll assume everyone sticks and the Ducks add a few more pieces to this class. As I've stated for a while, Oregon won't sign 30-plus in this class. Instead this class will hover around 26 or maybe 27. But if it exceeds too far beyond that Oregon will have very limited room in '19, which is already going to be tight.

If you read my last Finish Line update from Dec. 28, I had 7 names on that list.

With Oregon having 20 commits, add 7 more, and there's 27. Which once again is likely just about right.

Using the 247Sports Calculator, adding those 7 names to Oregon's current list, pushes the class back up to No. 5 in the rankings. That takes over Alabama just slightly, who now sits at No. 5.

Those 274.19 points more than likely keep Oregon in the top 10, regardless of what other schools sign. Of course this is recruiting and there so many variables we are just making a guess, but that's the basis of what we do.

In any event, this is probably a somewhat realistic look at Oregon recruiting over the next month and just where the Ducks could finish. Not bad for a team that won 7 games and is going through its second coaching change in a year.