The FIFA World Rankings were released today with little change in the top ten. The one exception is Russia dropping several spots, and Portugal moving into the top 10. The top 2 remain unchanged with Brazil on top and Spain close behind. The rest of the top ten is the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England, Croatia, France, and Portugal. The United States gained points from the previous rankings but remains at 11th. Cameroon has moved up 15 spots to 14th and Mexico has is now in the top 20 at 18th.

Here are the latest FIFA World Rankings for October 16, 2009

Ranking	Team	Pts Oct 09	+/- Ranking Sep 09		+/- Pts Sep 09
1	Brazil	1632	0		28
2	Spain	1629	0		41
3	Netherlands	1340	0		-36
4	Italy	1215	0		29
5	Germany	1161	-1		-25
6	Argentina	1103	2		-10
7	England	1101	0		-26
8	Croatia	1087	1		-14
9	France	1049	1		9
10	Portugal	1042	7		162
11	USA	1025	0		51
12	Russia	982	-6		-147
13	Switzerland	961	2		63
14	Cameroon	949	15		130
15	Czech Republic	928	3		58
16	Greece	921	-4		-50
17	Chile	909	4		63
18	Mexico	904	6		69
19	Côte d’Ivoire	903	1		51
20	Serbia	892	-7		-24
21	Paraguay	879	2		37
22	Ukraine	857	3		28
23	Bulgaria	854	-4		-6
24	Australia	848	-10		-59
25	Uruguay	838	3		18
26	Israel	837	-4		-7
27	Denmark	830	-11		-62
28	Egypt	798	4		12
29	Algeria	781	15		74
30	Colombia	775	18		118
30	Northern Ireland	775	1		-20
32	Nigeria	763	2		-10
33	Slovakia	758	12		71
34	Republic of Ireland	755	4		12
35	Honduras	754	7		42
36	Romania	752	-10		-75
37	Norway	751	6		42
38	Ghana	746	-6		-40
39	Turkey	737	-12		-89
40	Japan	735	0		1
41	Sweden	728	0		5
42	Bosnia-Herzegovina	721	4		39
43	Costa Rica	707	-4		-28
44	Ecuador	697	-8		-52
45	Gabon	691	-10		-68
46	Scotland	687	-16		-117
47	Latvia	683	11		128
48	Korea Republic	671	1		30
49	Slovenia	663	5		87
50	Hungary	645	-3		-24