Italy back in the top spot - FIFA rankings

Italy might not get to host Euro 2012 but they do get the top spot in the FIFA rankings. I'm sure all of Italy is excited about that.

The US moved up one spot to 29th while Mexico popped up three places to return to the full top 20.

And here is the top 20:

Rank	Team	March Rank	Change
1	Italy	2	1
2	Argentina	1	-1
3	Brazil	3	0
4	France	4	0
5	Germany	5	0
6	Netherlands	7	1
7	Portugal	8	1
8	England	6	-2
9	Spain	10	1
10	Czech Republic	9	-1
11	Ukraine	11	0
12	Croatia	12	0
13	Cameroon	18	5
14	Romania	14	0
15	Greece	13	-2
16	Russia	23	7
17	Turkey	27	10
18	Mexico	21	3
19	Scotland	16	-3
20	Switzerland	17	-3

With Russia, Turkey and Mexico moving into the top 20, there had to be three teams falling out. Those teams are Sweden (down nine to 24th), Côte d'Ivoire (down five to 25th) and Ghana (down nine to 28th).

The biggest gains of the month went to Republic of Ireland (31st), Equatorial Guinea (87th) and Azerbaijan (103rd) who all moved up 20 spots, Kazakhstan (116th) who rocketed up 27 places and little Liechtenstein (131) who flew up 31 notches.

Meanwhile, those going in the other direction the fastest were Lithuania (89th) down 13, Tajikistan (145th) down 18 and Bangladesh (176th) down 21.

As far as the US's competition in their upcoming summer tournaments, this is what they will face in the first round:

Concacaf Gold Cup
Trinidad and Tobago - 66
Guatemala - 90
El Salvador - 143

Copa America
Argentina - 2
Paraguay - 35
Colombia - 26

Here is the same information for Mexico:
Concacaf Gold Cup
Panama - 56
Honduras - 52
Cuba - 65

Copa America
Brazil - 3
Ecuador - 30
Chile - 37

Just by the rankings, which means very little, the US will have an easier time in the Gold Cup but a slightly harder time in Copa America.