Just because the vast majority of classes are signed doesn’t mean Wednesday lacks intrigue.

There are several Top 100 recruits who will make their announcements on National Signing Day and continue the early-February staple that we’re all used to. Many of those recruits are expected to sign with SEC schools.

Ahead of today’s festivities, let’s tackle 10 questions that we’ll get answers to:

1. What happens with Jerrion Ealy?

In my mind, there’s no player more intriguing in the 2019 class than Ealy. Rarely does a blue-chip running back recruit also have legitimate first-round aspirations for the MLB Draft. But Ealy is that kind of talent. Like Kyler Murray, he’ll have to make his football/baseball decision soon, but for now, we’re still trying to figure out which school he would go to.

He recently dropped his longtime Ole Miss commitment, and the likes of Mississippi State, Clemson and Alabama all made a late push to get the 5-star tailback. The 247sports Crystal Ball has Clemson as the new favorite following his official visit to Death Valley after the Tigers’ national title.

Ealy is scheduled to announce his decision at noon on ESPN2. The interesting thing with Ealy compared to others who sign Wednesday is that the recruiting will just be getting started for whatever football coach lands him. He’s a projected early-round pick in the June baseball draft. They’ll have a few months to sell him on becoming their next star tailback and perhaps delaying the baseball decision until after he spends 3 years in college.

In other words, stay tuned.

2. And what about George Pickens?

After seeing what Justyn Ross, the No. 1 recruit from Alabama in 2018, did in his freshman season at Clemson, the hope is that Pickens can follow in those footsteps and help an offense immediately.

The 5-star receiver kept his Auburn commitment throughout the process, but he’s basically been treated like an uncommitted recruit. He took official visits to Georgia, Miami and then Tennessee this past weekend.

The 247sports Crystal Ball still has Pickens as 100 percent to Auburn, but as we know, there are no guarantees. Georgia and Tennessee are rumored to be trending in the right direction.

Pickens is the second-highest rated unsigned recruit, and whoever lands him will be considered a signing day winner, even if that’s Auburn. There’s mystery because Pickens has been relatively quiet throughout this process. We don’t know if Gus Malzahn’s murky future impacted his opinion after taking those official visits.

It would be a major victory for Malzahn to hold on to Pickens’ commitment heading into a make-or-break year.

3. How strong does Jeremy Pruitt finish his first full cycle?

With the aforementioned Pickens and top-rated unsigned recruit Darnell Wright, Tennessee is in the mix to have a monster close to its 2019 class. Getting Pickens on campus for a last-minute official visit was a good sign, and Tennessee being a 95-percent favorite to land Wright certainly bodes well for Pruitt.

Just landing 1 of those 2 would be a major victory for Pruitt in his first full cycle.

The Vols are already major winners in the post-Early Signing Period recruitment period for signing top-rated North Carolina recruit Quavaris Crouch, and by getting an upgrade in the secondary with Georgia transfer and former 4-star recruit Deangelo Gibbs.

Tennessee might have some other late moves to make on Wednesday. Henry To’oto’o took an official visit to Knoxville, and while he’s been considered a likely Alabama commit, the departure of defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi could impact the 4-star linebacker’s decision.

This is still an impressive sign for Tennessee:

Pruitt appears destined for a Top 15 class, and even a Top 10 class if he can land Wright and keep commitments from unsigned recruits like 4-star recruits Anthony Harris and LeDarrius Cox. Those are obviously big “ifs,” but at the very least, Vols fans will appreciate a better finish to the 2019 class than the 2018 class.

4. Can Alabama make some history?

The hay is in the barn. Alabama is finishing 2019 with the No. 1 class, just as it did every year from 2011-17. The question now becomes whether the rich get richer Wednesday.

There’s a good chance that happens with To’oto’o still considered an Alabama lean. He and Ishmael Sopsher are the Crimson Tide’s big targets of the day (pun intended). Alabama and LSU are in a dog fight to get Sopsher, who ranks as the No. 3 recruit from Louisiana. That’s usually the type of recruit that never leaves the state.

But even if Sopsher does end up in the Bayou, Alabama can still be a major Wednesday winner by landing several other targets.

In addition to the aforementioned Ealy and To’oto’o, the Crimson Tide have their sights set on 4-star Florida State commit Quashon Fuller, 4-star defensive tackle Jaquaze Sorrells and 4-star Texas OL commit Javonne Shepherd. Granted, Alabama has 4 unsigned commitments it would also like to make official, though the odds of that don’t appear great.

Still, there’s a decent chance that Alabama finishes the day not only distancing itself from the pack, but by making history. By landing Ealy, To’oto’o and Sopsher, Saban could actually end up with the second-highest rated class ever.

Either way, Alabama appears to be in for a nice silver lining after the title game drubbing.

5. How does the Texas-Texas A&M battle finish?

I’ll say this: I already handed the Lone Star trophy to Jimbo Fisher a couple months ago. Perhaps I jumped the gun on that. Fisher still looks like he’ll win the in-state battle with Tom Herman, which is obviously extremely important to sustain success in that job. But nationally? Herman appears to have the edge after a nice finish.

Obviously the symbol of that was Herman going into California and getting No. 1 receiver Bru McCoy (a popular name in Texas) to sign with the Longhorns after Kliff Kingsbury left USC for the NFL. The Aggies won’t get a late boost of that caliber.

But Texas could lose a commitment from the aforementioned Shepherd, who might flip to A&M or Alabama after some late visits. That might not be enough for A&M to pass Texas, which sits at No. 3.

Still, even if A&M doesn’t surpass Texas, finishing with a Top 5 class in the first full cycle of the Fisher era is an incredibly positive sign.

6. Is Kirby Smart’s savvy move going to land Kaiir Elam?

Smart has a tendency to pull off one of these late surprises. I’m not sure how much of a surprise Elam would be anymore, but it certainly appears possible that Smart’s luring of Charlton Warren from Florida to become his defensive backs coach could help Georgia’s chances with Elam.

(I’m just here for the comments to this announcement tweet.)

The 4-star cornerback is the nephew of former Florida All-American Matt Elam, but who knows which connection will win out. Elam is the top-rated unsigned defensive back in America, which means whoever lands him between Florida and Georgia is in line to become a signing day winner.

Something tells me this one means a little bit more for both programs.

7. Who wins the Magnolia State?

Whenever I think about Mississippi State and Ole Miss battling for a recruit, I assume it’s just like the Egg Bowl. Hostile, nasty, negative recruiting, shouting matches, all that stuff. In a year in which the talent in the Magnolia State was extremely deep, it wouldn’t surprise me if things got a little heated.

Heading into Wednesday, they’re separated by 2 spots in the class rankings. The big question marks are the aforementioned Ealy and Nathan Pickering, who looked like he was on the verge of dropping his MSU commitment after Alabama stole defensive line coach Brian Baker. But this tweet made it look like the 4-star defensive lineman is sticking with the Bulldogs.

Ole Miss got a nice late addition on Monday night by flipping longtime Georgia quarterback commit John Rhys Plumlee, which will make that young quarterback room even more interesting.

Will the Rebels or Bulldogs get any more noteworthy late additions? Both schools are in the market to land 4-star Alabama commit Byron Young, who took late officials to both Mississippi schools in January. And what about longtime 4-star Ole Miss WR commit Jonathan Mingo? Could he flip to MSU or even Georgia?

However it shakes out, both Matt Luke and Joe Moorhead deserve a lot of credit for putting together Top 25 classes in their first full recruiting cycles as Power 5 head coaches.

8. Who goes viral?

You know it’s coming. Even though we have less big-time announcements, you know that we’re in store for some big viral moments Wednesday. Remember what Tennessee fans endured last year?

On National Signing Day alone, they watched:

Jacob Copeland’s mom walk out after he picked Florida over Tennessee …

Quay Walker pull the older switcheroo on Tennessee and pick Georgia…

And just in case that wasn’t enough, Snoop Dogg was in the house to watch 5-star cornerback Olaijah Griffin pick USC over Tennessee …

Let’s not dismiss how entertaining National Signing Day still is in this Early Signing Period era. There will still be viral moments.

For the sake of Tennessee fans, though, here’s hoping they don’t end up on the wrong side of so many of them this year.

9. How dominant is the SEC’s overall finish?

As of Tuesday morning, here’s how many schools each conference has ranked in the top 25 of the 247sports class rankings:

  • SEC: 11
  • Big Ten: 5
  • Pac-12: 4
  • Big 12: 2
  • ACC: 2

That’s correct. The SEC has more Top 25 classes than the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC combined. There’s a chance that with Arkansas, MSU and Ole Miss in the back end of the Top 25 that 1 could fall out, but the SEC will still have a convincing lead when it’s all said and done.

Kentucky and Mizzou are too far behind to add to that group, so that number won’t grow on Wednesday, but still. The SEC had 8 Top 25 classes in each of the past 2 years, and even in that dominant 2016 class, the SEC had 10. You’d have to go back to 2015 to find a year in which the SEC exceeded 11 classes in the Top 25.

In other words, we know which conference is going to have the bragging rights by day’s end … again.

10. Which SEC team delivers the biggest late splash?

Who says December is the only time for drama? There’s going to be some fun, last-minute shakeups because while Early Signing Period has changed things, it’s still 18-year-old kids making the biggest decision of their lives. Of course there will be some chaos. Where will it come from?

Last year, Tennessee was on the wrong end of some Signing Day drama. The odds of that script flipping look strong this year.

We know Kirby Smart is always good for at least one last-minute surprise. I already mentioned Elam, or could Pickens be intrigued about the idea of filling some immediate needs at receiver for Georgia?

There’s also the possibility that LSU ends with a bang by flipping a couple of Alabama commits in Byron Young and Christian Williams. The Tigers would love to build off some nice Fiesta Bowl momentum by vaulting into the Top 5.

It almost feels like February signees would be more prone to flips than December signees just with coaches able to spend more time focusing on them in the final month. And maybe it’s not a flip that causes a stir, and it’s instead a Top 100 recruit committing to a school that wasn’t believed to be among the finalists.

Whatever happens, it seems like contrary to the belief that February signing day is all but dead, we’re in store for an eventful Wednesday.