The ranking of leagues by UEFA is objective: it measures the quality of teams based on their performance in European competitions. If English teams were better currently they'd be destroying the Champions League, wouldn't they?
The fact that the third best Spanish team (Atletico Madrid) can defeat teams like Bayern Munich speaks volumes of the current state of affairs. Atletico Madrid has proven they are currently better than any English team.
I'm not having a dig at the Premier League/English football, rather saying in comparison the quality is not as good, or else the English league/national team would be winning it all.