The FIFA World Rankings always finds a way to be funny. Even though the pain is still fresh from crashing out of World Cup qualification last week, the United States moved up 1 spot in the October 2017 poll to 27th place. The USMNT did beat Panama 4-0 before the Collapse in Couva, but many people are probably scratching their heads at the formula that saw the USMNT’s ranking rise after such a downer of a week.
CONCACAF Hexagonal winners Mexico dropped two spots to 16th after their loss to Honduras Tuesday, who qualified for the inter-confederation playoff against Australia and rose 5 spots to 69th.