The first round Northern Section sees all Championship clubs except Blackburn and Bolton and League One clubs up to 13th enter as a seeded team.
PNE who finished in 15th position will be ball number 11 in the unseeded part of the draw and will face one of the 16 teams below.
The seeded clubs are:
1 - Barnsley
2 - Blackpool
3 - Burnley
4 - Carlisle
5 - Derby
6 - Doncaster
7 - Hartlepool
8 - Huddersfield
9 - Hull
10 - Leeds
11 - Middlesborough
12 - Nottm. Forest
13 - Notts County
14 - Sheffield Utd.
15 - Sheffield Wed.
16 - Tranmere
The Second Round sees Blackburn and Bolton join with the Premier League clubs not involved in Europe.
The First Round of the Capital One Cup starts w/c 13th August, a few days prior to the start of the 2012/13 season on 18th August.