First New Zealand beat the 69th ranked team, then they beat the 15th ranked team; by extrapolation we can determine that they will beat the -39th ranked team next. That's right New Zealand will be ranked <span style="font-style: italic;">better than first</span>.

But if New Zealand didn't exist, I'd have to put my money on Brazil this year, with USA as a dark horse. I'd also rank Spain, Argentina and England but out of spite would expect France to be slaughtered. It'd be nice to see an African nation like Senegal, the Ivory Coast or Cameroon make the semis at least.