The Super Eagles of Nigeria have made an upward move on the latest FIFA rankings released by the world football governing body.
Ranked 44th in the world in September, the Eagles moved three places to 41 position in October edition released on Monday.
With this latest ranking, the Super Eagles are 18th among the 23 out of expected 32 teams that have already qualified for the World Cup.
But in reality, Nigeria places 19th as the host country, Russia will be brought from the 63rd position it occupies to be in the top eight ranked team during the draw which holds in State Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 1.
It should be noted that the 19th position is not permanent for the Eagles as It will change next month when the other nine qualifiers emerge.
Some of the potential World Cup-bound teams currently already rank higher than the Super Eagles.
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