Team Melli steadfastly is sitting at the top of Asian ranking in the latest FIFA Ranking published today in Zürich.
Meanwhile Australia (50th) jumped 4 places in continental ranking and replaced Japan as the 2nd team, South Korea (54) is in third while the Japanese (57) dropped to 4th.
The other Group 2 opponent teams in the final rounds of FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers set as follows:
China: 8th and 81
Qatar: 10th & 83
Syria: 14th & 110
| Rank | Team | Total Points | Previous Points | +/- | Positions | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |  Iran |
672(672.3) | 672 | 0 | 321.98 | 321.98 | 336.87 | 168.43 | 439.32 | 131.80 | 250.48 | 50.10 | ||
| 2 | 50 |  Australia |
601(600.64) | 601 | 0 | 353.81 | 353.81 | 272.17 | 136.09 | 240.62 | 72.19 | 192.79 | 38.56 | ||
| 3 | 54 |  Korea Republic |
591(591.29) | 579 | 2 | 316.17 | 316.17 | 312.46 | 156.23 | 217.75 | 65.32 | 267.84 | 53.57 | ||
| 4 | 57 |  Japan |
577(577.02) | 577 | 0 | 266.44 | 266.44 | 335.96 | 167.98 | 213.61 | 64.08 | 392.56 | 78.51 | ||
| 5 | 60 |  Saudi Arabia |
559(559.01) | 559 | 0 | 380.91 | 380.91 | 118.20 | 59.10 | 297.06 | 89.12 | 149.41 | 29.88 | ||
| 6 | 66 |  Uzbekistan |
549(548.8) | 549 | 0 | 311.74 | 311.74 | 181.07 | 90.54 | 303.39 | 91.02 | 277.53 | 55.51 | ||
| 7 | 68 |  United Arab Emirates |
521(520.95) | 521 | 0 | 256.74 | 256.74 | 242.20 | 121.10 | 291.77 | 87.53 | 277.90 | 55.58 | ||
| 8 | 81 |  China PR |
423(423.24) | 423 | 0 | 234.48 | 234.48 | 245.50 | 122.75 | 132.40 | 39.72 | 131.43 | 26.29 | ||
| 9 | 82 |  Jordan |
418(418.02) | 418 | 0 | 257.18 | 257.18 | 61.72 | 30.86 | 272.08 | 81.62 | 241.77 | 48.35 | ||
| 10 | 83 |  Qatar |
416(416.24) | 416 | 0 | 251.18 | 251.18 | 171.62 | 85.81 | 162.51 | 48.75 | 152.51 | 30.50 |