Anguilla replaced Bhutan as FIFA's 209th and lowest ranked international side after losing 8-0 on aggregate to Nicaragua in the first round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying last month.
Iran, Japan, South Korea, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, China and Iraq were confirmed as the top seeds for the Asian draw, where 40 teams are split into eight groups of five in the latest stage of Asia's long road to Russia 2018.
At the top of the FIFA rankings, World Cup winners Germany remain first and Argentina second, but Belgium moved above Colombia into third after their Euro 2016 qualifying wins over Cyprus and Israel last month.
Brazil went fifth after they continued their resurgence under Dunga with a 3-1 friendly win in Paris against France and 1-0 success over Chile in London.
France (11th) and Italy (13th) dropped out of the top 10 with Switzerland (ninth) and Spain (10th) moving back in.
Top 10 rankings (last month's position in parentheses)
1 (1) Germany
2 (2) Argentina
3 (4) Belgium
4 (3) Colombia
5 (6) Brazil
6 (5) Netherlands
7 (7)Portugal
8 (9) Uruguay
9 (12) Switzerland
10(11) Spain
Asian seedings
Top Seeds
Iran (40)
Japan (50)
South Korea (57)
Australia (63)
United Arab Emirates (68)
Uzbekistan (73)
China PR (82)
Iraq (86)
Second seeds
Saudi Arabia (95)
Oman (97)
Qatar (99)
Jordan (103)
Bahrain (108)
Vietnam (125)
Syria (126)
Kuwait (127)
Third seeds
Afghanistan (135)
Philippines (139)
Palestine (140)
Maldives (141)
Thailand (142)
Tajikistan (143)
Lebanon (144)
India (147)
Fourth seeds
East Timor (152)
Kyrgyzstan (153)
North Korea (157)
Myanmar (158)
Indonesia (159)
Turkmenistan (159)
Singapore (162)
Bhutan (163)
Fifth seeds
Malaysia (164)
Bangladesh (167)
Hong Kong (167)
Yemen (170)
Guam (175)
Laos (178)
Cambodia (179)
Taiwan (179)
(Writing by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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