The Euro 2020 finalist England encouraged the French world champion out of the top three in the best football rating of FIFA world football published on Thursday.
Belgium remains the top ranking side, followed by Brazil.
Italian European champions, at an unbeaten international record record of 37 matches, is fifth with the sixth Argentina.
Third place with the highest rank of Britain in 2012.
Gareth Southgate’s side was lost at the penalty to Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley in July and was a semi-finalist of the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
France came out of Euro 2020 in the 1620 year.
In the ranking of women, Sweden rose to second behind world champions with Germany falling to third.
England, under new management with Sarina Wiegman replaced Phil Neville, their eighth lowest since 2010.
England encouraged the top three in the rank of FIFA men
