Goals from Kylian Mbappe, Wissam Ben Yedder, Florian Thauvin and Kurt Zouma helped France beat Andorra 4-0 and reclaim first place in Group H while Belgium, Germany and Italy also earned easy wins.
Ronaldo hobbled off in the first half with an apparent right hamstring injury in Portugal's 1-1 draw with Serbia in Lisbon, which came three days after the titleholder's 0-0 draw with Ukraine.
World champion France opened with a 4-1 victory at Moldova while Raheem Sterling scored his first international hat trick as England routed the Czech Republic 5-0.
Deschamps led France to their second World Cup glory last summer in Russia. It was also his second in career and the first as a coach.
Brazil are No. 3 and World Cup runner-up Croatia is No. 4 in a mostly unchanged monthly ranking.
Midfielder Wijnaldum scored just before halftime and Depay converted an audacious stoppage-time penalty as the Dutch overran the world champions.
It was Germany's sixth loss overall in 2018, and fourth in its last six competitive games after a group-stage exit at the World Cup.
Iceland was 2-0 up with five minutes left at the Roudourou stadium in Brittany and looked set to hand France its first loss since winning the World Cup in July.
Following a poor start to the season, United are under pressure and Pogba's future there seems uncertain amid reports he could leave.
Mbappe, who was the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since Pele in 1958, netted his ninth goal for France.
Germany and France headlined the opening night of the UEFA Nations League, it was the 2014 world champion against this year's winner but the upshot was a 0-0 draw.
France's World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris has been charged with drunken driving in London.
The 2018 World Cup winner France top the FIFA rankings for the first time in 16 years.
France defender Pavard's spinning right-foot shot against Argentina in the round of 16 came top out of 18 candidates for the award.
France is readying to welcome home their team for a parade down the Champs-Elysees, where tens of thousands thronged after the team's 4-2 victory over Croatia.
France have clinched their second World Cup title with a 4-2 win over Croatia in a dramatic final in Moscow.
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While France battled their way through heavyweights such as Argentina, Belgium, Croatia took it to extra time and penalties to settle the score to take them to the finals.
The experienced Hugo Lloris, set to make his 103rd international appearance, will be facing a Belgian team that has scored a tournament-leading 14 goals in five matches.
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