Nigeria dropped five places to 43rd in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday by the world football governing body.
The team moved up five places in the August edition but losing to Argentina on September 6 negated any advantage they would have got in their victory over Madagascar in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier two days earlier.
Ivory Coast, who are rated best in Africa, dropped one place to 16th while Egypt and Ghana also lost places to stay at 36th and 37th respectively.
Nigeria were directly placed behind Burkina Faso and Senegal, who were 41st and 42nd respectively. Senegal moved up seven places to gain their new status.
Algeria (46th) and Cameroon (48th) completed the African teams in the top 50 of the rankings.
Meanwhile, Spain displaced the Netherlands to regain their top spot of the rankings. The leaders only lost the position once since winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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