Last month's 3-1 defeat against South Korea undid all the good work done by Pim Verbeek and outweighed the goal-less draw against Holland and the 3-0 win over Ireland.

As predicted by au.fourfourtwo.com  last month, from an all-time high of 14th just a month ago, Australia have now slipped down out of the top 20 and back to 24th spot.

The tumble comes at an important time for Australia as the FFA bid for the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, and is hot on the heels of Oman's uproar at being branded cheats by Australia team manager Gary Moretti at half-time in Wednesday's Asian Cup qualifier.

Elsewhere there is no change at the top, but Portugal shot up seven places from beneath Australia to make it into the top 10, while Russia slipped six places out of the top ten, and Cameroon surged 15 spots to take 14th.

Australia remian the number one ranked side in Asia, 16 places ahead of Japan.

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