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Santa Barbara Volleyball Club is a volleyball club based in Santa Barbara, CA, ranked as high as #92 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 6 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 28 team-seasons.
4 teams · Ages 15, 17, 18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Santa Barbara Volleyball Club is a club volleyball program based in Santa Barbara, CA, competing in the Southern California region. In 2025-26 it fielded 24 teams across both programs — 18 girls teams aged 12 to 18 and six boys teams aged 14 to 17.
Its boys program ranks #107 nationally and #29 of 157 in CA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,538. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 6 teams, 2 rate Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 131 matches and won 77 of them, a 59% win rate. Its strongest team, SBVC Boys 17-1, is #8 nationally and #23 in CA, at 2,196 Elo on a 12-0 record.
Teams averaged 22 matches each over the season. The club entered 16 events between 4 October and 7 July, a season of about 9 months. Of those, 3 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in three states, with two of 16 outside CA. Destinations included FL and UT. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
Its best result on record this season is AAU champion.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#107 nationally · Club Score 1538
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Santa Barbara Volleyball Club. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #92 | 1213 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #510 | 1617 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #107 | 1538 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #490 | 915 | 1 |
Every team Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBVC Boys 17-1 | Boys | 17 | 2196 (Elite) | 12-0 | 100% |
| SBVC Boys 17 Molten | Boys | 17 | 1968 (Elite) | 11-4 | 73% |
| SBVC Boys 16 Molten | Boys | 16 | 1684 (Premier) | 22-10 | 69% |
| Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 17-Premier | Boys | 17 | 1608 (Premier) | 7-1 | 88% |
| SBVC Boys 14 Molten | Boys | 14 | 1557 (Competitive) | 15-19 | 44% |
| SBVC Boys 16 Premier | Boys | 16 | 1324 (Emerging) | 10-20 | 33% |
Where Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAU Boys National Volleyball Championships-Wave 2 (Elite) | Orlando, FL | #2 of 384 | 12-0 | SBVC Boys 17-1 — 17 Premier: 12-0 (champion) |
| 2026 SoCal Cup: The Showcase (Premier) | Los Angeles, CA | #5 of 384 | 15-15 | SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16 Club: 2-6; SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16 Open: 1-6; Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 17-Premier — 17 Club: 7-1; SBVC Boys 17 Molten — 17 Open: 5-2 |
| SoCal Cup: 16/15 Championships (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #45 of 384 | 6-0 | SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16/15 Spring Championships: 3-0; SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16/15 Spring Championships: 3-0 |
| SoCal Cup: 16/15 Tourney 3 (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #44 of 384 | 5-1 | SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16/15 Points: 2-1; SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16/15 Points: 3-0 |
| SoCal Cup: 14/13 Championships (Regional) | Seal Beach, CA | #71 of 384 | 2-1 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14/13 Championships: 2-1 |
| SoCal Cup: 14/13 Tourney 5 (Regional) | Seal Beach, CA | #68 of 384 | 0-3 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14/13 Points: 0-3 |
| SoCal Cup: 14/13 Tourney 4 (Regional) | Seal Beach, CA | #66 of 384 | 3-0 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14/13 Points: 3-0 |
| SoCal Cup: 14/13 Tourney 3 (Regional) | Seal Beach, CA | #63 of 384 | 3-0 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14/13 Points: 3-0 |
| 2026 SoCal Cup: The Equinox (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #23 of 384 | 1-4 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14 Open: 1-4 |
| 2026 SoCal Cup: The Open Championship (Competitive) | Salt Lake City, UT | #27 of 384 | 3-4 | SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16 Open: 3-4 |
| 2025 SoCal Cup: Winter Formal (Premier) | Los Angeles, CA | #8 of 384 | 9-14 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14 Open: 2-6; SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16 Club: 1-6; SBVC Boys 17 Molten — 17 Open: 6-2 |
| SoCal Cup: 16/15 Tourney 2 (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #31 of 384 | 3-2 | SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16/15 Tourney 2: 0-2; SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16/15 Tourney 2: 3-0 |
| SoCal Cup: 14/13 Tourney 1 (Regional) | Seal Beach, CA | #61 of 384 | 0-3 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14/13 Points: 0-3 |
| SoCal Cup: 16/15 Tourney 1 (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #30 of 384 | 5-1 | SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16/15 Points: 3-0; SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16/15 Points: 2-1 |
| SoCal Cup: 14/13/12 Qualifying (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #38 of 384 | 4-2 | SBVC Boys 14 Molten — 14/13 Qualifying: 4-2 |
| SoCal Cup: 16/15 Qualifying (Competitive) | Seal Beach, CA | #17 of 384 | 6-4 | SBVC Boys 16 Molten — 16/15 Qualifying: 6-0; SBVC Boys 16 Premier — 16/15 Qualifying: 0-4 |