Although it DOES have the highest average FIFA world ranking of any group.
I’m never quite sure about these rankings and how / whether seeding should be part of the WC
On rankings – you get points for winning games (or points taken off for losing them) but how many points you get depends on the relative strength of the opposition. So if you are the big fish in a weak pond and play most of your games against relatively weak / low ranked teams (like I think Iran are) then you keep getting positive points. Not as many as if you’d beaten a big team, but still getting positive points. Hence Iran end up in the top twenty, whereas I don’t think anyone would really believe that. It takes a WC to mix it up and they don’t come around often.
On seeding – depends what you want from it (mainly as a neutral or a sponsor, as fans we all profess to like the big games but if we could get to the semis or finals without playing anyone decent we’d take it). If it’s avoiding the big teams clashing until the sharp end then great, but if you want a little team to have a chance to get through to the knockout stages where things can happen, and ultimately an underdog to get into the sharp end then do away with seeding. A group with FRA, BRA, GER and ENG all in it with two eliminated….. tough, to win the WC you have to beat the best of the rest so who cares where you do that? Except after that group you’d be knackered for the R16 anyway!!