Portugal the sole climbers among top 10, jumping two spots to fifth
World champions Spain extend lead at summit after clean sweep of UEFA Nations League victories
Switzerland, who are now 12th, Greece, Mali and South Africa among other notable risers in top 50
While the FIFA World Cup 2026™ remains fresh in the memory, the football world keeps spinning and a total of 338 men’s internationals have been contested since the curtain came down on the global showpiece on 19 July.
The highlights have included a string of UEFA and Concacaf Nations League encounters and CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifying bouts, the outcomes of which have made a real mark on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking.
World champions Spain have surged further ahead at the top of the pecking order, with second-placed Argentina, the beaten finalists at the FIFA World Cup 2026™, now almost 40 points adrift, while France still occupy the final place on the podium. However, the standout storyline in the upper echelons comes from Portugal (5th, up 2), who have leapfrogged both Brazil (6th, down 1) and Morocco (7th, also down 1).