Bafana Bafana will be greeted with a no FIFA rankings rise upon the release of the latest standings on Thursday.
This is despite South Africa's national team thumping Congo-Brazzaville during the last FIFA calendar dates.
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They played Congo home and away in Group K of their 2025 AFCON qualifying campaign.
It was a 5-0 victory for the home nation at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the first match, before the two nations settled for a draw in Brazzaville four days later.
Failure to win both matches meant Hugo Broos' men couldn't secure qualification with two games to spare in the group after starting off with a draw at home against Uganda in September.
The plus for Mzansi is that their destiny remains in their hands with two games to play, against Uganda and South Sudan, during the November FIFA calendar dates.
With the win and draw against Congo, Bafana didn't gather enough points to move and rather dropped one place from position 59 to 60.
The FIFA standings points gathered from the win and draw were low with the Red Devils down in position 120.
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Morocco remains the top-ranked on the continent (13), followed by Senegal (20), Egypt (30), Nigeria (36), Algeria (37), Cote d'Ivoire (40), Tunisia (47), Cameroon (49), Mali (54) and DR Congo (58) in the top 10.
This means Bafana will spend another month outside the top 10 on the continent after having fought their way up following a third-place finish at the AFCON finals.
FIFA will release the official rankings on Thursday.