Another National Signing Day has come and gone. It was a day filled with excitement and mystery, and there was always something going on.

News reports were flying as recruits were making their final decisions and sending in their letters of intent. Now that everyone has settled on their home for the next four years, it's time to prepare for spring games.

Here are a few teams who could be considered "winners" from this National Signing Day, and a couple teams who fell short of expectations.

Winners:

USC Trojans

Hands down, the Trojans had the biggest signing day in the country, signing defensive back Adoree’ Jackson, athlete John “Juju” Smith, and offensive guard Damian Mama among others. At a time when the Trojans were in a rough spot, between just coming off NCAA sanctions and the new coaching staff, they were incredibly vulnerable to losing their usual commits to UCLA, who has exploded on the scene. However, coach Steve Sarkisian quickly stabilized the Trojan ship, and is steering it in the right direction.

Alabama Crimson Tide

The Tide did not have any big “splash” signings on National Signing Day. However, for the third year in a row, Alabama has reeled in the top recruiting class in the country.

Landing multiple players ranked in the top-five of their position groups, like Cameron Robinson, D’Shawn Hand, Tony Brown and Bo Scarbrough allows the Tide to keep their incredible depth at every position on the roster in tact. Saban wins again.

LSU Tigers

The Tigers were able to add the nation’s top receiver, Malachi Dupre, on National Signing Day, and that was just the icing on the cake for the Tigers. After already signing the nation’s top recruit, Leonard Fournette, and various other highly sought after recruits like Jamal Adams and Trey Quinn, the Tigers are fighting to return to SEC Championship form.

Losers:

UCLA

The Bruins actually had a very nice recruiting class, landing players like linebacker Dwight Williams and receiver Austin Roberts. However, they had a huge opportunity on National Signing Day to come out and establish themselves as an elite program, and they came up short. UCLA missed out on both Juju Smith and Adoree’ Jackson, losing both to the cross-town rivals, USC.

Texas

The Longhorns may have landed a great coach in Charlie Strong, but the new regime’s recruiting did not go as well as Steve Sarkisian’s did in his first offseason at USC. In the talent-rich state of Texas, where the Longhorns are the clear favorite in popularity, the Longhorns only came away with one of the top ten players in the state, in defensive end Derick Roberson.

The Horns are starting to fall behind Texas A&M, who landed three of the top-10 recruits, including top overall player in the state, defensive end Myles Garrett. If Strong wants to compete moving forward, he’s going to have to build relationships in the state, and bring all of the top talent to Austin.