On Thursday morning, Football's governing body, Fifa released its monthly ranking of national teams. The Super Eagles are now ranked in the 31st position. <br /><br />Note that Wednesday's 1-0 defeat of Kenya was not used in the permutations. And as a result, compared to last month's ranking, Nigeria, who are the 4th best team in Africa, dropped three places.<br /><br />World Cup qualifying group opponents Malawi, Namibia and Kenya are ranked 109th, 120th and 123rd respectively . <br /><br />In the continental ranking, the Flames are ranked 31st,&nbsp; Brave Warriors are placed 34th while the Harambee Stars are placed 35th.<br /><br />European and World champions Spain continue to top the ranking followed by Germany, Argentina and Croatia.<br /><br />Fifa Confederations Cup foes Uruguay are in 19th position while Tahiti occupy the 138th place.<br /><br />