Thanks to the victories over Poland and Moldova, Ukraine are up 11 places in the latest edition of the Ranking and now lie 37th, their best placing since 35th spot in May 2011.
Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Khacheridi earned Ukraine all three points against Moldova in their FIFA World Cup qualifying match, but only after the visitors had so nearly caused an upset in Odessa.
FIFA.com reviews all the action from a massive evening of Brazil 2014 qualifiers in Europe highlighted by a shock draw at home for world champions Spain against Finland, while Portugal narrowly avoided defeat in Israel.
FIFA.com reviews the penultimate evening of action in the UEFA Champions League group stage with Paris St Germain and Schalke securing top spot in their respective groups.
Dinamo Zagreb grabbed their first goal and first point of a dismal UEFA Champions League campaign, with their opponents Dynamo Kiev settling for a UEFA Europa League place.
Ukraine and Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Shevchenko has said he has no plans to retire in the near future, with the 34-year-old's sights firmly set on UEFA EURO 2012, being part-held in his home nation.