The Maquina Celeste of Cruz Azul, despite the pressure exerted in recent weeks by Toluca and America, was able to remain at the top of the Concacaf October rankings, in a statistic that could serve as a reference for the capital classic that they will play next Saturday in Liga MX.

The cement workers withstood the pressure, especially from Toluca, who with their victory over LA Galaxy in mid-September took the Campeones Cup between the winners of the last Liga MX and Major League Soccer (MLS) tournaments.

Even La Maquina managed to overcome a slight setback due to a poor performance in the Leagues Cup and the start of the Liga MX Apertura 2025 tournament, which allowed them to maintain their privileged position in the ranking of the North, Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation.

For its part, America is going through a certain setback that has affected its points tally in the ranking due to the lack of recent international activity, favoring its pursuers in this classification, but without having been stripped of a place among the top three.

While Inter Miami led by Lionel Messi remained among the top five classified teams, not Despite a slight decline due to the inconsistency shown in the MLS tournament, they rely on the work of La Pulga, their star figure to continue thinking about fighting for the title of North American soccer.

October classification

So far, Cruz Azul remains at the top of this table with 1,264 points, although Toluca is dangerously close to the cement team with 1,248 points, but was still able to climb two positions and surpass America and Inter Miami.

While the Aguilas del America dropped one step with 1,240 points, while the Inter Miami team appears behind them with 1,238, thus occupying the fourth position while Vancouver Whitecaps completes the top five with 1,231 points,climbing two places to leave Tigres in sixth place.

It should be noted that this Concacaf classification serves to know the best teams in the region, to position themselves as the top candidates to win international tournaments

Without a doubt the most notable thing has been the rise that Toluca has shown thanks to its performance both at the international level by winning the Campeones Cup title when it had been a long time since it appeared in the international context.