Unofficial ranking WORLD CUP-1998 (France)
| # | Team | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France ★★ | UEFA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 5 000 |
| 3 |  Croatia | UEFA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 900 |
| 4 |  Netherlands | UEFA | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 850 |
| 6 |  Italy ★★★★ | UEFA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 780 |
| 7 |  Germany ★★★★ | UEFA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 760 |
| 8 |  Denmark | UEFA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 740 |
| 9 | UEFA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 690 | |
| 10 |  Romania | UEFA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 670 |
| 11 |  England ★ | UEFA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 650 |
| 15 |  Norway | UEFA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 570 |
| 17 |  Spain ★★ | UEFA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 500 |
| 19 |  Belgium | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 460 |
| 23 |  Austria | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 4 380 |
| 27 |  Scotland | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 4 300 |
| 29 |  Bulgaria | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 1 | 4 260 |