After losing three of their last five games, the World Cup-bound Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped one place from 47th position to 48th in the latest FIFA world ranking. In Africa, the Eagles also dropped from 6th to 7th place. In the latest ranking was released on Thursday on FIFA’s official website, the Super Eagles also lost 17 points from last month’s 635. They are now on 618. Incidentally, none of Nigeria’s group opponents at the Russia 2018 World Cup rose in the ranking. Argentina remain fifth in the world, Croatia dropped two places from 18th to 20th, while débutantes Iceland remained 22nd.