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Saturday's opponents France remain in second spot - where they have been since April of last year - while Brazil continue to set the pace on 845 points.
Ireland's Group 4 rivals Switzerland rose up seven positions to 42nd, while the Faroe Islands, who provide the opposition at Lansdowne Road next Wednesday, improved two positions to 135th.
Two good results in the next seven days for Kerr could see the Irish move into the world's top twelve sides for the first time since September 1995.
FIFA rankings (last month's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Brazil 845pts 2. (2) France 799 3. (4) Argentina 778 4. (3) Spain 774 5. (6) Netherlands 755 6. (5) Czech Republic 751 7. (7) England 739 8= (11=) Portugal 735 8= (9) Italy 735 10. (8) Mexico 734 11. (10) United States 717 12. (13) Turkey 711 13. (11=) Germany 706 14. (16=) Ireland 705 15. (15) Denmark 704 16. (14) Greece 703 17. (19) Uruguay 702 18. (20) Nigeria 701 19. (18) Japan 699 20. (21) Iran 698