ZURICH — FIFA rankings for October (September positions in parentheses):
Spain's players celebrate their second score during the World Cup 2014 qualifying football match Spain vs Georgia at the Carlos del Monte stadium in Albacete on Tuesday. (AFP Photo)
1. Spain (1)
2. Germany (3)
3. Argentina (2)
4. Colombia (5)
5. Belgium (6)
6. Uruguay (7)
7. Switzerland (14)
8. Netherlands (9)
(tie) Italy (4)
10. England (17)
11. Brazil (8)
12. Chile (16)
13. United States (13)
14. Portugal (11)
15. Greece (12)
16. Bosnia-Herzegovina (18)
17. Ivory Coast (19)
18. Croatia (10)
19. Russia (15)
20. Ukraine (26)
Thailand, meanwhile, drops four places to 143.