Sports Illustrated's World Cup Power Rankings

SI just ranked all 32 teams in the World Cup. Check it out.

Briefly, the top five are:

1. Brazil
2. Germany
3. Argentina
4. England
5. Italy (uh oh)

As far as the rest of our group goes, the Czechs are #10, the USA is #11 and Ghana is #17.

Some surprises: the aforementioned Germans at #2 (higher than I would have guessed, despite the home country advantage); Mexico at #8, ahead of Spain; Ivory Coast at #13 (my pick to upset the Dutch and advance out of the Group of Death with Argentina); and 2002 semi-finalists South Korea way down at #22.

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