Surprise English champion Leicester is in the pot of top seeds for the Champions League group-stage draw on Thursday despite being ranked 31st of the 32 teams by UEFA. Leicester joins defending champion Real Madrid and other winners of the seven highest-ranked national leagues in the pot of No. 1 seeds, which includes CSKA Moscow. Only Russia's Rostov - also making its debut in Europe's top club competition after beating Ajax in the playoffs on Wednesday - is ranked lower than Leicester, which is now No. 99 in UEFA's standings.
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