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Posted: Monday September 27, 1999 06:04 PM

CNN/World Soccer Top 10 Rankings for Week 8 -- Sept. 27-Oct. 3 Rk. Team Country Pts. 1 (6) 2 (1) 3 (4) 4 (-) 5 (3) 6 (7) 7 (5) 8 (-) 9 (2) t10 (-) t10 (-) Barcelona Man United Lazio Bayer Leverkusen Inter Milan AC Milan Real Madrid Boca Juniors Bayern Munich Marseille Arsenal Spain England Italy Germany Italy Italy Spain Argentina Germany France England 103 101 75 57 51 35 31 26 24 20 20 Last week's rank in parentheses. Dropping out: Corinthians, Feyenoord, Juventus. React Give us your opinion of the CNN/World Soccer Top 10, and check back next Monday to read the best of the responses. Your name: Your e-mail address: Your hometown: Enter your reaction: Reactions A team hasn't lost in the last 26 matches and it's not in the top ten? I find that absolutly ridiculous; Universidad de Chile deserves to be in the top ten. Javier Ceppi, Santiago, Chile Juventus ninth? Are you kidding me? They should atleast be in the top five. Feyenoord is pathetic. So is Corinthians. Khalid Kassim, Amman, Jordan For more Reactions... Instant Poll Which team do you think is currently the best in the world? Barcelona Manchester United Lazio Bayer Leverkusen Inter Milan AC Milan View Results

ATLANTA (CNN/SI) -- Manchester United falls from the number-one spot for the first time since the CNN/World Soccer Top 10 kicked off eight weeks ago. The Top 10 is a unique list of football clubs issued each Monday and determined through voting by correspondents from CNN Sports and World Soccer magazine.

Spanish leader Barcelona tops the table after defeating Italian power and Top 10 contender Fiorentina 4-2 last week in Champions League competition. Rivaldo & Co. will defend their number-one status September 29 against Top 10 newcomer Arsenal, currently level with Leeds for second in England.

Manchester United drew at home Saturday for the second straight week, this time 3-3 against Southampton. That followed a strong midweek showing where the defending treble winnners defeated Sturm Graz 3-0 in Group D action.

Coming in at third is Italy's Lazio, which is level on points with Inter Milan atop the Serie A table after defeating Parma Sunday. Lazio is also unbeaten after two Champions League games, having beaten Dynamo Kiev 2-1 midweek.

Storming onto the Top 10 all the way at the number-four spot is Germany's Bayer Leverkusen, which tops the Bundesliga after downing Kaiserslautern Sunday. In Champions League action, Leverkusen last week downed Maribor of Slovenia after drawing a week earlier with Lazio.

Following fifth-ranked Internazionale in the rankings is city rival AC Milan, which faces Hertha Berlin September 28 after a strong 4-0 showing against Bologna over the weekend.

Real Madrid holds the seventh spot after beating Molde (Norway) in the Champions League last week and drawing with Malaga 1-1 in Spanish action Saturday. At number eight is defending Argentine double winner Boca Juniors, which drew with table-topping San Lorenzo over the weekend without high-scoring forward Martin Palermo.

Defending German champion Bayern Munich drops all the way from second to ninth after scraping a draw with Rangers last week in the Champions League and seeing its 33-game home unbeaten streak snapped by Bundesliga foe Stuttgart last Friday.

Tied with Arsenal in the number-10 spot is Olympique Marseille, which leads Group D in the Champions League going into a September 29 showdown with Man United at Old Trafford.

Falling out of the rankings this week are Brazil's Corinthians, Holland's Feyenoord and Italy's Juventus -- all of which suffered losses last week in domestic action.

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