Zurich: Cristiano Ronaldo's match-winning goals for Portugal in World Cup playoff matches against Sweden lifted his country to No. 5 in the monthly FIFA rankings.
Portugal's 1-0 and 3-2 wins fueled a nine-place jump in the standings as rivals played only friendly matches which score fewer points in the calculations.
FIFA set World Cup seedings for the Dec. 6 draw from October rankings so playoff teams would not gain unfair advantage.
Spain lead an unchanged top four from Germany, Argentina and Colombia. Uruguay are sixth, and No. 7 Italy swap with No. 8 Switzerland who were seventh for one month to clinch seeded status.
The Netherlands are ninth and host Brazil rise one to No. 10. Seeded Belgium fall six places to No. 11. The United States drops one to No. 14.
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