VA · USAV Old Dominion Region
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James Madison U is a volleyball club based in Harrisonburg, VA, ranked as high as #54 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 4 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 4 team-seasons.
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2 teams
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
James Madison U is a club volleyball program based in Harrisonburg, VA, competing in the Old Dominion region. In 2025-26 it fielded 4 teams across both programs — two women's teams and two men's teams.
Its women's program ranks #54 nationally and #2 of 9 in VA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,032. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 2 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 32 matches and won 18 of them, a 56% win rate. Its strongest team, James Madison U A, is #22 nationally and #1 in VA, at 1,786 Elo on a 13-5 record.
Teams averaged 16 matches each over the season. The club entered three events between 28 February and 2 April, a season of about 1 month. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in three states, with two of three outside VA. Destinations included KY and MO. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#54 nationally · Club Score 1032
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #54 | 1032 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #75 | 988 | 2 |
Every team James Madison U fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison U A | Women's | all | 1786 (Elite) | 13-5 | 72% |
| James Madison B | Men's | all | 1520 (Competitive) | 12-10 | 55% |
| James Madison A | Men's | all | 1510 (Competitive) | 13-10 | 57% |
| James Madison U B | Women's | all | 1404 (Developing) | 5-9 | 36% |
Where James Madison U competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NCVF Championships (Elite) | Kansas City, MO | #1 of 152 | 7-8 | James Madison A — Men's Division IAAA: 5-3; James Madison B — Men's Division III: 2-5 |
| ECVA South Championship D2 / ECVA (Regional) | Lynchburg, VA | #87 of 152 | 3-2 | James Madison B — ECVA South Championship D2 / ECVA: 3-2 |
| ECVA South Championship / ECVA (Competitive) | Lynchburg, VA | #10 of 152 | 2-3 | James Madison A — ECVA South Championship / ECVA: 2-3 |
| ECVA South Play Date D1 / ECVA (Competitive) | Harrisonburg, VA | #11 of 152 | 2-3 | James Madison A — ECVA South Play Date D1 / ECVA: 2-3 |
| ECVA South Play Date D2 / ECVA (Regional) | Harrisonburg, VA | #76 of 152 | 6-1 | James Madison B — ECVA South Play Date D2 / ECVA: 6-1 |
| UVA Men's Club Volleyball Home Tournament / U Virginia (Regional) | Charlottesville, VA | #67 of 152 | 5-3 | James Madison B — UVA Men's Club Volleyball Home Tournament / U Virginia: 1-2; James Madison A — UVA Men's Club Volleyball Home Tournament / U Virginia: 4-1 |
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NCVF Championships (Elite) | Kansas City, MO | #1 of 134 | 9-7 | James Madison U B — Women's Division III: 2-5; James Madison U A — Women's Division IAA: 7-2 |
| Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W (Regional) | Lexington, KY | #40 of 134 | 3-6 | James Madison U A — Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W: 2-3; James Madison U B — Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W: 1-3 |
| Duke Dog Classis / James Madison U A-W (Regional) | Harrisonburg, VA | #84 of 134 | 6-1 | James Madison U A — Duke Dog Classis / James Madison U A-W: 4-0; James Madison U B — Duke Dog Classis / James Madison U A-W: 2-1 |