The 1st round will be North/South and seeded so that the Championship (minus Newcastle & M'Boro) and Top Half of League 1 will face lower League 1 and League 2.
The draw would look something like this? We would face one of the teams in Northern seeded section. Blackpool or Leeds would be nice
We've already beaten Preston in this competition
Southern Seeded Teams
Reading
Cardiff
Swansea
Ipswich
Bristol City
QPR
Watford
Crystal Palace
Plymouth
Norwich
Southampton
Charlton
Peterborough
Millwall
Southend
Bristol Rovers
Colchester
MK Dons
Northern Seeded Teams
Stockport
WBA
Sheffield United
Preston
Doncaster
Blackpool
Coventry
Derby
Nottingham Forest
Barnsley
Leicester
Leeds
Scunthorpe
Tranmere
Huddersfield
Oldham
Southern Unseeded Teams
Brentford
Exeter
Wycombe
Gillingham
Dagenham
Aldershot
Barnet
Bournemouth
Torquay
Leyton Orient
Swindon
Brighton
Yeovil
Northampton
Cheltenham
Hereford
Walsall
Shrewsbury
Northern Unseeded Teams
Bury
Rochdale
Bradford
Chesterfield
Morecambe
Darlington
Lincoln
Rotherham
Accrington
Port Vale
Notts County
Macclesfield
Grimsby
Burton
Hartlepool
Carlisle
Crewe