Alabama, SEC continue strong push on National Signing Day

Alabama continues to dominate in the recruiting game with the program garnering the top recruiting class from Wednesday’s National Signing Day.

The Crimson Tide secured 27 commitments including a trio of five-star prospects in defensive end Antonio Alfano, offensive lineman Evan Neal and running back Trey Sanders.

Both Alfano and Neal, who signed back in December, have already enrolled in school.

Alabama locked down the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation for the eighth time in the past nine years. Georgia snapped the Tide’s streak of seven consecutive No. 1 classes last year.

The Bulldogs finished second in the latest 247Sports.com rankings, followed by Texas, Texas A&M and LSU.

The Southeastern Conference started the day with four teams ranked in the top ten: Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M and LSU (6) but wound up finishing with five thanks to a strong push by Florida.

The last time the SEC featured five teams in the top 10 was back in 2016. An SEC team has taken the top recruiting class in each of the past 11 years going back to 2009.

Florida secured its first top 10 recruiting class since 2014 after flipping 4-star defensive end Khris Bogle, who was previously committed to Alabama. The Gators would go on to add cornerback Kaiir Elam later in the day.

One of the biggest movers on an otherwise uneventful NSD was Tennessee, which climbed into the top 15 of the rankings after landing linebacker Henry To’oto’o and offensive tackle Darnell Wright, who chose the Vols over Alabama and West Virginia.

Oregon finished the day at No. 7, the highest-ranked Pac-12 team. The Ducks class features the No. 2 player in the country in defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux.

Here is a look at the top 25 rankings from each of the recruiting sites: