Barring any significant turn of events, Alabama will finish No. 1 atop the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings for the eighth time in the last nine years come National Signing Day as it currently sits with 317.35 points on the 247Sports Class Calculator.

Arguably even more impressive of a statistic is that the Tide’s current grade per its 28 commitments/signees is a whopping 94.31. The only teams to have finished ahead of that mark in the recruiting rankings era are Ohio State in 2017 at 94.59 with 21 commitments and USC in 2013 at 96.37 with just 12 commitments. Other classes in this grade per commit range include Florida’s 2010 class at 93.99 per commit and USC’s 2005 class at 94.26 per commit.

Of course, four of the spots aiding in the Tide’s current standing are occupied by Alabama commitments that did not sign early — Byron Young, Khris Bogle (didn’t commit until Jan. 5), Christian Williams and Keilan Robinson — all four of which are on official visits elsewhere this weekend. However, of that group, we’ve only projected Williams not being a part of the class at this time.

With 24 signees on board (good for 311.68 points and still the No. 1 ranking) that leaves roughly five available signee spots come Wednesday when the Tide’s 2019 class wraps up. If all goes according to plan three of those spots will be occupied by Young, Bogle and Robinson, leaving approximately two spots up for grabs as it stands.

So just how high can the Tide’s class finish on Wednesday? And where would that put the Tide among greatest classes of all time?

(1) Florida’s 2010 class: 324.62

(2) Alabama’s 2017 class: 323.87

(3) Georgia’s 2018 class: 323.31

(4) Alabama’s 2014 class: 319.71

(5) Alabama’s 2013 class: 319.50

(6) Ohio State’s 2018 class: 317.06

The main targets in play include:

5-star RB Jerrion Ealy,

4-star LB Henry To'oto'o

4-star DT Ishmael Sopsher

4-star DE and Florida State commit Quashon Fuller

4-star DT Jaquaze Sorrells

4-star OT and Texas commit Javonne Shepherd

3-star TE Brett Seither

As you can see if National Signing Day were today and nothing changed, Alabama’s class would rank No. 6 all-time. However, the Tide will add more star power to its commit list, which in turn will vault it higher the list.

There are a number of scenarios that can play out between now and next Wednesday. We will look at a few that are viable, operating under the assumption Alabama finishes with 29 recruits.