FIFA Ranking: October 2016 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 20 October.

There are 128 matches before the deadline. Also check the probable ranking.

No matter what happens, four teams will fall to new lows:

Sudan (at most 145 - 142 in July 2016)
Kuwait (at most 164 - 159 in September 2016)
Gambia (at most 171 - 169 in February 2015)
Pakistan (at most 196 - 194 in July 2016)

September Rank - Country - September Points - October Min Points - October Max Points

1	Argentina	1646	1592	1762
2	Belgium	1369	1262	1382
3	Germany	1347	1298	1465
4	Brazil	1323	1244	1410
4	Colombia	1323	1248	1425
6	Chile	1284	1191	1358
7	Portugal	1228	1173	1231
8	France	1188	1139	1271
9	Uruguay	1173	1046	1256
10	Wales	1161	1068	1204
11	Spain	1141	1050	1234
12	England	1130	1040	1137
13	Italy	1124	1024	1144
14	Croatia	1059	924	1027
15	Mexico	1057	958	1001
16	Switzerland	1020	940	1071
17	Poland	984	901	1029
18	Costa Rica	943	934	971
19	Ecuador	917	796	980
20	Hungary	913	826	1005
21	Turkey	885	813	995
22	USA	874	839	862
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	863	723	954
24	Netherlands	861	795	1044
25	Peru	841	830	1041
26	Austria	839	750	979
27	Iceland	829	770	898
28	Slovakia	820	757	910
29	Ukraine	799	735	877
30	Northern Ireland	798	708	861
31	Republic of Ireland	774	716	776
32	Romania	773	668	795
33	Czech Republic	762	650	813
34	Côte d'Ivoire	752	729	790
35	Algeria	749	698	827
36	Paraguay	720	613	860
37	Iran	712	644	837
38	Russia	685	594	636
39	Senegal	684	702	783
40	Albania	678	588	736
41	Sweden	677	603	715
42	Tunisia	662	647	721
43	Ghana	658	588	709
44	Scotland	652	539	810
45	Australia	643	607	776
46	Denmark	637	606	812
47	Korea Republic	634	573	735
48	Greece	622	520	656
49	Uzbekistan	621	553	704
50	Serbia	602	502	687
51	Congo DR	589	572	623
52	Saudi Arabia	588	462	666
53	Egypt	587	542	626
54	Congo	585	575	679
55	Mali	580	568	638
56	Japan	574	522	667
57	Belarus	573	435	649
58	Morocco	570	532	588
59	Cameroon	565	544	614
60	Venezuela	562	516	697
61	Guinea	549	539	606
62	Panama	539	551	581
62	South Africa	539	527	623
64	Nigeria	534	505	562
65	Uganda	509	477	566
66	United Arab Emirates	504	484	581
67	Burkina Faso	502	489	577
67	Slovenia	502	401	698
69	Trinidad and Tobago	490	483	533
70	Norway	487	404	483
71	Benin	483	525	525
72	Cape Verde Islands	475	508	655
73	Guinea-Bissau	474	515	515
74	Bulgaria	470	395	768
75	Bolivia	468	406	642
76	Libya	466	461	567
77	St. Kitts and Nevis	457	433	518
78	China PR	445	419	570
79	Guatemala	443	434	434
80	Jamaica	430	403	473
81	Equatorial Guinea	424	373	394
82	Honduras	421	421	421
83	Kazakhstan	411	317	642
84	Finland	409	337	633
85	Qatar	389	321	448
86	Jordan	387	325	345
87	Cyprus	384	228	717
88	New Zealand	382	288	403
89	Antigua and Barbuda	381	369	518
89	Mozambique	381	359	385
91	Kenya	378	378	416
92	Zambia	377	377	377
93	Haiti	372	389	454
93	Sierra Leone	372	352	352
95	Latvia	357	306	556
96	Mauritania	349	308	335
97	Botswana	348	327	342
98	Israel	346	296	450
99	Malawi	342	338	338
100	Swaziland	334	330	330
100	Togo	334	312	375
102	Nicaragua	330	325	325
103	Canada	329	299	356
103	Liberia	329	332	332
105	Chad	326	334	334
105	Montenegro	326	283	570
107	Rwanda	325	325	325
108	Gabon	324	298	373
108	Kyrgyzstan	324	305	357
110	Oman	323	240	300
111	Faroe Islands	319	313	755
112	Armenia	317	270	704
113	Zimbabwe	316	316	316
114	Dominican Republic	315	281	448
114	Syria	315	286	423
116	Turkmenistan	312	309	348
117	Lithuania	311	253	444
118	Guyana	302	247	402
118	Korea DPR	302	240	288
118	Palestine	302	277	300
121	Namibia	301	300	300
122	Central African Republic	299	325	325
122	Curaçao	299	268	452
122	Niger	299	262	262
125	Philippines	297	271	337
126	Bahrain	284	239	291
126	Ethiopia	284	267	267
128	Iraq	279	276	397
129	Burundi	278	229	229
130	Estonia	274	268	393
131	Madagascar	269	243	243
132	Tanzania	264	212	212
133	Azerbaijan	252	232	507
134	Angola	247	230	247
135	Sudan	246	204	204
135	Thailand	246	207	338
137	Georgia	240	224	520
138	Puerto Rico	234	194	328
139	Cuba	229	226	302
140	El Salvador	228	232	232
141	Vietnam	225	208	249
142	Hong Kong	221	199	227
143	Lebanon	218	184	237
144	Tajikistan	215	218	244
145	Luxembourg	213	213	462
146	FYR Macedonia	211	167	406
147	Yemen	210	244	244
148	India	205	230	230
149	Afghanistan	201	204	216
150	Lesotho	200	201	201
151	São Tomé e Príncipe	197	177	177
152	Comoros	191	223	223
153	Mauritius	184	194	194
153	Myanmar	184	165	165
155	Singapore	176	118	145
156	Grenada	172	172	172
157	Barbados	171	163	163
158	Malaysia	158	127	149
159	Kuwait	156	123	123
160	Aruba	155	147	147
161	Moldova	154	119	415
162	New Caledonia	152	92	128
162	Papua New Guinea	152	152	152
164	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	148	142	142
165	Maldives	147	154	176
166	Belize	141	141	141
167	South Sudan	138	123	123
168	Kosovo	135	135	665
169	Gambia	129	106	106
170	Dominica	124	110	110
171	St. Lucia	117	123	123
172	Tahiti	116	120	120
173	Cambodia	103	99	137
173	Vanuatu	103	103	103
175	Suriname	100	100	358
176	Laos	99	91	143
176	Malta	99	97	384
178	Chinese Taipei	97	74	145
179	Fiji	93	93	93
180	Guam	91	86	86
181	Indonesia	89	83	83
182	Liechtenstein	86	82	406
183	Timor-Leste	80	74	164
184	Bermuda	77	77	77
185	Bangladesh	75	73	94
186	Nepal	74	74	74
186	Solomon Islands	74	56	88
188	Seychelles	72	79	79
189	Bhutan	65	53	93
190	American Samoa	64	64	64
190	Cook Islands	64	64	64
190	Samoa	64	64	64
193	Sri Lanka	52	48	69
194	Pakistan	46	39	39
195	Macau	44	40	40
195	US Virgin Islands	44	44	44
197	Brunei Darussalam	33	32	83
198	Montserrat	30	30	30
199	Cayman Islands	21	21	21
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	20	20
201	San Marino	17	17	463
202	Mongolia	13	13	13
203	Andorra	11	11	411
203	British Virgin Islands	11	11	11
205	Anguilla	0	0	0
205	Bahamas	0	0	0
205	Djibouti	0	0	0
205	Eritrea	0	0	0
205	Gibraltar	0	0	398
205	Somalia	0	0	0
205	Tonga	0	0	0

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