Alabama is attempting to hold off Ohio State and top the team recruiting rankings once again as prospects across the country finalize their college decisions in a Signing Day featuring less suspense than usual.

According to composite rankings of recruiting services compiled by 247Sports, Alabama is on pace to finish No. 1 in the team recruiting standings for a seventh consecutive year. Alabama also enters Wednesday with an opportunity to have one of the highest-rated classes since 2002, which is as far back as 247Sports’ data goes.

The top-ranked class during that stretch is Florida’s 2010 haul that included NFL first-round draft picks Dominique Easley, Matt Elam and Sharrif Floyd.

“Realistically, the best-case scenario would bring (Alabama) just short, but we’re talking about decimals short,” said Barton Simmons, the director of scouting for 247Sports. “The top-rated class in the country this year will probably be the second-highest rated class of all time if things fall according to plan.”

Simmons said Ohio State still has an outside chance to move atop this year’s team standings “if Alabama doesn’t close the way they’d like.”

The national scope of their classes reflects how much Alabama and Ohio State have dominated recruiting.