Germany, which ranked ninth in the previous rankings, published on July 10, was knocked out of the top 10, falling to 12th, allowing Croatia to rise to ninth and Italy to enter the top 10.

The Portuguese team rose to fifth place in the FIFA rankings, surpassing Brazil, after the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, in which they thrashed Armenia 5-0 and beat Hungary 3-2, taking sole control of Group F.