User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 6/@comment-185.112.105.215-20170127034753/@comment-201.214.186.100-20170127041243

I could see Rias be top 8 (mostly because she probably has Crom Cruach, and he's badass), but yeah, their teams are not strong enough to the point where they can beat everything the tournament imposes. In that sense, Issei's team isn't strong enough either, being Issei the only one at the same level of a god, I can honestly see all of his final matches ending in one-on-one fights.