Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have dropped places in the latest FIFA world rankings.
Northern Ireland have dropped nine places to 39.
The Republic of Ireland have fallen two places to 36, following their controversial World Cup play-off defeat to France.
The French side have risen two places in the rankings, moving up to seventh on the back of their 2-1 aggregate win over the Irish.
Spain top the rankings, displacing Brazil who drop to second.
England have dropped two places to ninth and Portugal are up five places to fifth following a play-off win over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Scotland have held on to 46th place despite their recent tribulations and Wales are the lowest ranked of the home nations, down one place to 79.
While the mechanism for seeding the World Cup draw on December 4 has yet to be confirmed, FIFA have said they will discount November's rankings as they have been distorted by the play-offs in Europe.
Four of the World Cup qualified teams do not feature among the top 50 - South Korea, North Korea, New Zealand and South Africa.
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