But if anybody could tell me who vincy play to jump up 24 places it will be appreciated.
Vincy hasn't played anyone since May. However its completely normal under the system that they moved up.
Here's how it goes: Vincy has the habit of not playing games for long stretches.
Before their friendly in May, their last game was in the Digicel Cup. Before the friendlies and the digicel cup qualifiers last year from August to October, they hadn't played before
January of 2005. They also didn't play any games in between
April 2001 and February 2004.
What this means is that inevtably, they have trouble filling up their quota of 5 games per yearly ranking period somewhere along the line.
Therefore when the results came out in September, their year y- 1 stats (sept 2005- sept 2006) only contained the results of the 2 games played during that time (2 friendlies, with 1 draw). However, as per the ranking calculation rules, it was still treated as if they had played 5 games, hence almost minimal points gleaned during that period.
When the results came out in October however, certain of their year y stats (october 2005-october 2006) were pushed back to year y - 1 (and most notably their 2 digicel cup qualifier wins over Jamaica and St. Lucia). Having now 'played' 6 matches during that period, and having gained 2 supplementary competitive (2.5 multiplier) wins in the period, their points gained increased by about 120 on just that period alone. Their subsequent points lost in the other years didn't do enough to devaluate this increase.
Their being ahead of Jamaica, Trinidad and Guatemala has more to do with these 3 teams continuing to lose points than any real statistical progress by SVG though.
This is where the major problem of the FIFA rankings appears. On insisting that all teams be treated as if they play with the same regularity, some statistical anomalities such as SVG's rise will always appear. The only consolation is that they will very likely fall just as drastically for no apparent reason like they did as recently as the beginning of the year.