England have moved up two places to seventh in the latest Fifa World Rankings while Republic of Ireland fell eight to 34th.
Top-ranked Spain are now on 1,729 points – over 350 ahead of second and third-placed Germany and Holland.
England have closed in on sixth-placed Argentina after the former’s victories over Slovakia and Ukraine and the latter’s heavy defeat to Bolivia.
Republic of Ireland suffered a significant drop in the table and have now been overtaken by 27th-placed Northern Ireland, who jumped 15 places.
Scotland, meanwhile, move up four places to 24th, while Wales drop five to 73rd.
Fifa World Rankings - April 8
| Ranking |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Spain |
1729 |
| 2 |
Germany |
1362 |
| 3 |
Holland |
1360 |
| 4 |
Brazil |
1275 |
| 5 |
Italy |
1271 |
| 6 |
Argentina |
1201 |
| 7 |
England |
1173 |
| 8 |
Croatia |
1151 |
| 9 |
Russia |
1117 |
| 10 |
France |
1074 |
| 24 |
Scotland |
815 |
| 27 |
Northern Ireland |
795 |
| 34 |
Republic of Ireland |
761 |
| 73 |
Wales |
468 |