The dawn of a new year and while the year has changed the rankings for us here at Mad About Futbol haven't. Mainly because of the inactivity of December. Nevertheless, the promise was made that every month we would bring you our Top 15 national teams, so we will begin the new year at the same spot we left the old year. Spain is clearly number 1 and the rest will have a whole year to overthrow the Spaniards from their lofty perch.

Guarantee that once World Cup qualifying starts up again, teams will slide up & down and in & out of both FIFA and our rankings. Hopefully a CONCACAF & Asian team will break into the rankings to give the table more variety. Whatever happens, the year before the World Cup will be dramatic.