If two summer finals and their most recent meeting in World Cup qualifying didn't confirm it, then the new FIFA ranking did: The U.S. men's national team has surpassed Mexico—at least for the time being.
For the first time since July 2015, the U.S. is higher than Mexico in FIFA's world ranking, rising to No. 12 and two spots ahead of El Tri following the November international window. Mexico had briefly been in the top 10 before dropping five spots to No. 14 after road defeats to the U.S. and Canada in qualifying. Canada, which is ahead of both Concacaf powers through eight of 14 games in the region's World Cup qualifying competition, has equaled its best positioning ever by rocketing to 40th overall, third-best in the confederation.