Tide still rollin’ on recruiting trail

Three times in the past four years, Alabama has come out of signing day with the top-ranked recruiting class according to Rivals.com. Coming off their second national title in three seasons, the Tide is poised to land the top recruiting class in the land yet again.

As of Tuesday afternoon, two of the three major recruiting services — Rivals and 247Sports; Scout had them at No. 2 behind Texas — have Alabama ranked as the No. 1 class in the nation. The Tide has verbal commitments from three five-star recruits — tied with Florida State for the most in this class — as well as 12 four-star recruits.

In fact, perhaps the only drama when it comes to the “team competition” is whether the Tide came climb past the Longhorns in the Scout rankings and make it a consensus No. 1 class.