World Cup 2026 Power Rankings after group stage: France still No. 1?

Sun, Jun 28, 4:34 PM UTC

And then there were 32. We're done with the group stage, but what do our writers and experts think the field of favorites looks like as we enter the win-or-go-home phase?

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