FIFA Ranking: November 2016 preview

Next update: 18 November.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 24 November. [Sim results at the end.] See also the probable ranking.

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If Argentina lose vs. Brazil (away) and Colombia (at home), and Brazil also defeats Peru on the road, Brazil will take over the top spot.

October Rank - Country - October Points - November Min Points - November Max Points

1	Argentina	1621	1537	1733
2	Germany	1465	1398	1456
3	Brazil	1410	1308	1544
4	Belgium	1382	1316	1392
5	Colombia	1361	1312	1509
6	Chile	1273	1242	1423
7	France	1271	1226	1324
8	Portugal	1231	1192	1229
9	Uruguay	1175	1074	1309
10	Spain	1168	1129	1190
11	Wales	1113	1091	1181
12	England	1090	1025	1141
13	Italy	1082	1045	1109
14	Switzerland	1071	1051	1129
15	Poland	1029	991	1110
16	Croatia	1027	964	1103
17	Mexico	1001	918	1051
18	Costa Rica	971	875	1041
19	Ecuador	932	814	1001
20	Netherlands	901	822	922
21	Iceland	898	881	970
22	Hungary	891	795	866
23	Peru	865	814	1007
24	USA	852	822	944
25	Turkey	843	822	851
26	Slovakia	840	771	861
27	Iran	837	810	884
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	807	782	912
29	Ukraine	803	704	804
30	Austria	792	759	906
31	Côte d'Ivoire	790	704	806
32	Senegal	783	755	865
33	Republic of Ireland	776	761	858
34	Romania	746	690	829
35	Algeria	741	692	841
36	Northern Ireland	739	703	809
37	Paraguay	738	684	869
38	Tunisia	721	688	767
39	Sweden	715	631	795
40	Czech Republic	663	585	696
40	Australia	663	624	659
42	Greece	656	632	796
43	Serbia	650	604	778
44	Korea Republic	640	591	699
45	Ghana	628	611	734
46	Egypt	626	620	719
47	Albania	619	618	693
48	Uzbekistan	617	538	641
49	Congo DR	609	590	638
50	Denmark	606	546	675
51	Japan	601	533	644
52	Slovenia	595	554	656
53	Russia	594	551	617
54	Saudi Arabia	593	589	708
55	Congo	575	504	621
56	Montenegro	570	549	629
57	Scotland	569	524	699
58	Mali	568	555	599
59	Cameroon	567	517	569
60	Morocco	562	538	642
60	Nigeria	562	510	616
62	South Africa	559	493	591
63	Panama	551	514	633
64	Guinea	539	500	574
65	Trinidad and Tobago	533	454	626
66	Benin	525	526	526
67	Burkina Faso	519	513	616
68	Venezuela	516	525	666
69	Guinea-Bissau	515	515	515
70	United Arab Emirates	513	497	543
71	Cape Verde Islands	508	443	584
72	Uganda	500	429	506
73	St. Kitts and Nevis	472	432	567
74	Faroe Islands	469	422	653
75	Jamaica	464	427	461
76	Libya	461	417	565
77	Belarus	452	423	552
77	Curaçao	452	467	467
79	Israel	450	405	595
80	Bolivia	444	402	586
81	Norway	438	422	541
82	Antigua and Barbuda	435	433	433
83	Guatemala	434	396	443
84	China PR	419	397	474
85	Kenya	416	346	397
86	Honduras	411	385	528
87	Haiti	405	424	505
88	Azerbaijan	404	386	538
89	Bulgaria	395	378	492
90	Kazakhstan	386	354	513
91	Qatar	385	358	446
92	Equatorial Guinea	380	293	293
93	Togo	375	369	425
94	Zambia	374	374	374
95	Mozambique	359	325	362
96	Syria	357	338	438
97	Sierra Leone	352	357	357
98	Lithuania	347	324	467
99	Kyrgyzstan	343	256	312
100	Malawi	338	327	327
101	Finland	337	368	495
101	Botswana	337	296	296
103	Chad	334	179	179
104	Jordan	332	303	364
104	Liberia	332	327	385
106	Swaziland	330	343	343
107	Nicaragua	325	303	378
107	Rwanda	325	336	336
107	Central African Republic	325	325	325
110	Canada	323	282	321
110	Gabon	323	282	373
110	Zimbabwe	323	323	323
113	Iraq	314	272	361
114	Turkmenistan	309	200	231
115	Mauritania	308	326	326
116	New Zealand	306	264	334
116	Latvia	306	304	482
118	Namibia	300	347	347
119	Estonia	299	256	406
120	Palestine	285	214	240
121	Dominican Republic	281	263	263
122	Georgia	276	265	312
123	Bahrain	272	263	295
124	Philippines	271	247	302
125	Armenia	270	259	412
126	Korea DPR	267	223	274
126	Ethiopia	267	291	291
128	Niger	262	246	246
129	Oman	260	250	313
130	Luxembourg	252	230	397
131	Guyana	247	221	221
132	Yemen	244	184	184
133	Madagascar	243	220	220
134	Angola	236	199	199
135	El Salvador	232	216	216
136	Vietnam	231	203	235
137	India	230	217	217
138	Burundi	229	222	222
139	Cyprus	228	228	290
140	Hong Kong	227	177	226
140	Tajikistan	227	191	231
142	Cuba	226	264	264
143	Comoros	223	201	256
144	Tanzania	212	146	146
145	Afghanistan	208	189	204
146	Thailand	207	192	296
147	Suriname	205	183	342
148	Sudan	204	205	205
149	Lebanon	202	170	215
150	Lesotho	201	202	202
151	Puerto Rico	194	194	194
151	Mauritius	194	194	194
153	São Tomé e Príncipe	177	177	177
154	Grenada	172	150	150
155	FYR Macedonia	167	138	315
156	Myanmar	165	125	184
157	Barbados	163	163	163
158	Maldives	161	165	165
159	Papua New Guinea	152	135	149
160	Aruba	147	147	147
161	Chinese Taipei	145	137	184
162	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	102	102
163	Belize	141	141	199
164	Malaysia	135	136	158
164	Kosovo	135	135	395
166	New Caledonia	128	103	222
167	Kuwait	123	117	117
167	South Sudan	123	123	123
167	St. Lucia	123	95	95
167	Cambodia	123	135	145
171	Singapore	122	126	148
172	Tahiti	120	120	247
173	Moldova	119	114	186
174	Dominica	110	110	110
175	Laos	107	107	144
176	Gambia	106	106	106
177	Vanuatu	103	106	106
178	Malta	97	85	289
179	Fiji	93	102	102
179	Indonesia	93	92	177
179	Bhutan	93	103	103
182	Guam	86	81	175
183	Liechtenstein	81	75	274
184	Seychelles	79	79	79
185	Bermuda	77	77	77
186	Timor-Leste	74	60	99
186	Nepal	74	59	102
188	Bangladesh	73	84	84
189	American Samoa	64	64	64
189	Cook Islands	64	64	64
189	Samoa	64	64	64
192	Brunei Darussalam	57	56	123
193	Solomon Islands	56	45	108
194	Sri Lanka	48	39	95
195	US Virgin Islands	44	44	44
196	Macau	40	38	114
197	Pakistan	39	40	40
198	Montserrat	30	30	30
199	Cayman Islands	21	21	21
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	20	20
201	San Marino	17	17	311
202	Mongolia	13	13	101
203	Andorra	11	12	200
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	91
205	Somalia	0	0	0
205	Tonga	0	0	0

Since I've had to simulate the whole month of November for the 2019 Asian Cup 3rd round draw, here are the sims for the November ranking

Country - Worst ranking - Best ranking - Average ranking

Argentina	2	1	1.035
Germany	5	2	2.816
Brazil	8	1	3.052
Colombia	7	2	4.170
Belgium	7	3	4.712
Chile	8	2	5.702
France	9	4	6.601
Portugal	9	7	8.147
Uruguay	16	5	9.917
Spain	12	9	10.099
Wales	16	9	11.047
Switzerland	16	10	11.830
England	18	9	12.631
Italy	17	11	14.033
Croatia	21	11	15.316
Poland	19	10	15.389
Mexico	23	13	17.720
Costa Rica	26	14	17.913
Iceland	26	16	20.891
Netherlands	31	17	21.126
Ecuador	33	15	21.415
Peru	32	15	23.200
USA	33	17	24.097
Iran	33	19	25.130
Hungary	32	20	25.535
Turkey	32	21	25.839
Austria	38	18	26.087
Slovakia	37	21	28.067
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37	18	28.342
Senegal	39	21	31.553
Republic of Ireland	40	21	31.749
Paraguay	46	20	32.214
Ukraine	42	28	32.644
Northern Ireland	42	27	33.011
Romania	45	24	34.472
Côte d'Ivoire	43	28	36.412
Greece	52	28	36.910
Algeria	46	22	37.171
Tunisia	46	30	37.804
Egypt	54	34	40.950
Korea Republic	60	36	42.806
Albania	53	36	43.046
Czech Republic	60	36	43.663
Sweden	52	28	44.328
Australia	53	40	45.318
Serbia	59	30	46.172
Ghana	57	33	47.166
Denmark	68	39	48.444
Japan	69	40	49.331
Congo DR	61	42	52.414
Saudi Arabia	62	35	52.651
Morocco	69	42	54.211
Slovenia	67	40	54.832
Mali	68	48	55.249
Russia	68	47	55.595
Montenegro	69	43	56.918
Nigeria	76	46	57.256
Venezuela	73	39	58.427
Uzbekistan	71	41	59.304
Panama	75	42	60.436
Cameroon	73	53	61.123
South Africa	79	49	62.810
Guinea	78	52	63.719
Scotland	74	36	64.504
Burkina Faso	76	47	64.841
Cape Verde Islands	85	51	65.319
Benin	73	60	66.550
United Arab Emirates	77	59	66.974
Congo	78	45	67.103
Guinea-Bissau	76	64	69.221
Trinidad and Tobago	84	45	69.825
St. Kitts and Nevis	88	55	72.601
Libya	91	54	74.527
Uganda	88	66	74.645
Honduras	93	61	75.685
Bolivia	93	51	76.160
Curaçao	82	71	76.675
Haiti	89	67	77.949
Belarus	90	58	78.942
Jamaica	87	73	79.021
Israel	94	49	79.888
China PR	94	71	80.389
Bulgaria	95	70	80.431
Norway	90	60	80.844
Antigua and Barbuda	88	76	82.017
Guatemala	94	75	83.683
Faroe Islands	91	42	84.406
Azerbaijan	95	60	87.290
Qatar	99	75	89.569
Togo	96	79	90.155
Finland	99	69	91.108
Kenya	103	86	91.531
Kazakhstan	101	67	93.555
Syria	106	77	94.231
Sierra Leone	102	93	95.023
Namibia	103	95	97.043
Zambia	105	85	97.699
Swaziland	104	96	98.297
Liberia	109	88	100.423
Rwanda	107	99	101.352
Zimbabwe	108	100	102.371
Mozambique	111	91	103.338
Malawi	110	101	104.057
Lithuania	113	72	104.592
Jordan	115	91	104.638
Armenia	130	83	105.573
Mauritania	111	103	105.686
Nicaragua	116	89	105.713
Central African Republic	112	104	106.686
New Zealand	128	100	110.352
Latvia	116	72	110.691
Georgia	128	107	112.915
Botswana	119	110	113.579
Gabon	125	90	114.179
Iraq	126	92	115.571
Equatorial Guinea	122	111	115.786
Bahrain	129	111	116.308
Ethiopia	123	112	116.933
Philippines	130	110	117.803
Canada	125	107	118.196
Cyprus	134	113	119.662
Estonia	131	84	121.952
Oman	131	107	123.175
Kyrgyzstan	130	108	123.376
Cuba	129	120	124.027
Korea DPR	132	117	124.443
Dominican Republic	130	121	125.101
Luxembourg	136	86	127.696
Niger	133	126	128.633
Burundi	137	130	132.379
Guyana	138	131	133.749
Thailand	153	110	134.077
Vietnam	145	128	134.183
Madagascar	140	132	134.946
Palestine	143	127	135.435
Tajikistan	152	128	135.947
India	142	133	136.283
El Salvador	143	134	137.283
Hong Kong	154	130	138.820
Turkmenistan	148	128	139.721
Sudan	144	137	139.999
Lesotho	146	139	142.155
Comoros	147	124	142.547
Angola	149	141	144.699
Suriname	155	97	145.646
Tahiti	173	126	145.999
Puerto Rico	152	143	146.209
Mauritius	152	143	146.209
Afghanistan	153	138	146.952
Lebanon	156	135	148.539
Yemen	154	147	149.788
Chad	156	150	152.044
São Tomé e Príncipe	157	151	153.071
Maldives	159	153	154.475
Barbados	160	154	155.520
Grenada	163	155	158.064
Malaysia	169	155	158.550
Aruba	165	156	159.911
Myanmar	172	147	160.340
Kosovo	171	87	160.770
Tanzania	167	157	161.140
Chinese Taipei	170	149	161.341
Belize	168	141	161.383
Papua New Guinea	170	156	163.279
FYR Macedonia	170	108	163.833
New Caledonia	180	130	164.470
Cambodia	170	158	165.168
Singapore	174	156	167.606
Malta	187	115	168.193
Moldova	176	147	169.068
Laos	176	159	169.420
South Sudan	175	167	169.998
Kuwait	176	169	171.769
Indonesia	186	151	172.767
Dominica	178	171	173.923
Gambia	180	173	175.419
Vanuatu	180	173	175.419
Bhutan	182	175	177.444
Fiji	183	177	178.789
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	183	177	178.789
Guam	188	155	179.538
St. Lucia	186	179	181.305
Nepal	196	177	183.646
Bangladesh	189	182	184.128
Seychelles	190	184	185.946
Liechtenstein	192	118	186.408
Bermuda	191	185	187.085
Brunei Darussalam	197	167	188.893
Timor-Leste	197	179	188.926
Solomon Islands	197	173	189.338
Samoa	195	188	190.939
American Samoa	195	188	190.939
Cook Islands	195	188	190.939
Sri Lanka	200	179	191.133
Macau	200	171	192.610
Mongolia	203	179	195.083
US Virgin Islands	199	195	196.391
Pakistan	200	196	197.486
Montserrat	201	198	198.812
Cayman Islands	202	199	200.002
Turks and Caicos Islands	203	200	201.120
San Marino	204	109	201.471
Andorra	204	143	203.035
Gibraltar	205	181	203.154
British Virgin Islands	205	204	204.164
Anguilla	206	205	205.164
Bahamas	206	205	205.164
Djibouti	206	205	205.164
Eritrea	206	205	205.164
Somalia	206	205	205.164
Tonga	206	205	205.164

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