FIFA WORLD CUP RANKINGS

Here are the rankings after Round 2 of Group Play in the FIFA World Cup.  These rankings are based simply on how the teams have played, not by how many points the have earned or how many goals they have scored.  It is possible, therefore, for 3 teams in the same group be ranked above another group if that is how they have looked on the pitch.  Yesterday's games are not accounted for in this rendition of the rankings.  You can check the previous post to see how things have changed from the first game to the second.

Rankings

1. France
2. Mexico
3. Netherlands
4. Germany
5. Costa Rica
6. Colombia
7.  Chile
8.  Brazil
9.  United States
10.  Argentina
11.  Ghana
12.  Croatia
13.  Italy
14.  Uruguay
15. Cote d' Ivoire
16.  Belgium
17.  England
18.  Portugal
19.  Australia
20.  Ecuador
21.  Algeria
22.  Nigeria
23.  Switzerland
24.  Bosnia-Herzegovina
25.  Iran
26.  Russia
27.  Spain
28.  Honduras
29.  Japan
30.  Greece
31.  South Korea
32.  Cameroon

FIFA Fever

Each country that qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2014 has now completed at least 1 of their 3 group games.  Below is my rankings of the teams based upon their first game only.  Please note that for the rankings all victorious teams are ranked ahead of those that tied and lost, in order of which teams I feel played the best.  As we move through rounds 2 and 3, the records of the teams become less consequential (meaning a team with 1 win and 1 draw could be ranked ahead of a team with 2 wins).

Game 1 Rankings

1.  Germany
2.  Netherlands
3.  France
4.  Italy
5.  Mexico
6.  Costa Rica
7.  Colombia
8.  Switzerland
9.  Chile
10.  Brazil
11.  Argentina
12.  Belgium
13.  United States
14.  Ivory Coast
15.  Russia
16.  South Korea
17.  Iran
18.  Nigeria
19.  England
20.  Ghana
21.  Croatia
22.  Bosnia-Herzegovina
23.  Algeria
24.  Australia
25.  Uruguay
26.  Ecuador
27.  Japan
28.  Spain
29.  Honduras
30.  Portugal
31.  Cameroon
32.  Greece