"The best part of the monthly rankings release is looking at the change in ratings for particular teams and wondering, “what the hell did they do to deserve that?”. The answer is almost always “absolutely nothing”, which is wonderful. Take for instance defending champions Italy, whose nil-nil friendly draw with Switzerland was apparently enough of a showing to vault them above Germany to 4th in this month’s rankings.
Which is why the ELO World Rankings are below FIFA’s for comparison. And respect."
Which is why the ELO World Rankings are below FIFA’s for comparison. And respect."
