European champions Spain leapt five places to sixth in the FIFA world rankings for October, released on Thursday.
Seven wins in eight games have Spain on the verge of Euro 2016 qualification to challenge for an unprecedented third consecutive continental title.
World champions Germany are back up to second above Belgium, but still behind Argentina – the team they beat in the 2014 World Cup final.
Joachim Loew’s impressive charges are on a roll with five wins and a draw from their past six matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo had further reason to smile a day after scoring his 500th career goal, as Portugal climbed two places to fourth.
Colombia, renowned for their rousing ‘football with a smile’, are fifth, Brazil are seventh and Wales will raise a few eyebrows, moving up a place to eighth, while England remain tenth.
Australia have climbed three places to sit 58th.
The Socceroos have recorded three straight wins in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, the most recent a 3-0 defeat of Tajikistan in Dushanbe.
World top 10 rankings (previous rank in brackets):
1. Argentina (1)
2. Germany (3)
3. Belgium (2)
4. Portugal (6)
5. Colombia (4)
6. Spain (11)
7. Brazil (5)
8. Wales (9)
9. Chile (8)
10. England (10)
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