The Super Eagles of Nigeria and three times African Champions moved two places to 29th position on the FIFA Ranking.
The global order of national team’s seedings, updated monthly, had been halted since March following the outbreak of coronavirus, which disrupted the international match calendar.
However, with games returning for the first time earlier this month, mainly across Europe, the ranking is back.
Prior to the latest ranking, the Eagles were 31st.
In Africa, the ranking puts the Eagles in third place behind the Teranga Lions of Senegal, who are in 20th position and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, who occupy the 26th position.
African champions Algeria , Morocco, Ghana, Egypt , Cameroon, Mali and DR Congo complete Africa’s top 10.
The Eagles last game was in November 2019, when they defeated Lesotho 4-2 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier.
On the world ranking table, there was no change among the top four as Belgium, France, Brazil and England kept their places from first to fourth in that order on the latest update.
Portugal, on the back of good performances in their UEFA Nations League games earlier this month, moved up by two places to fifth position.
Uruguay, Spain, Croatia, Argentina and Colombia complete the top 10 from sixth in that order.
The next edition of the rankings will be released on October 22.
