KS · USAV Heart of America Region
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Southwest Smoke is a volleyball club based in KS, ranked as high as #2101 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 7 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 7 team-seasons.
7 teams · Ages 14–18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Southwest Smoke is a club volleyball program based in KS, competing in the Heart of America region. In 2025-26 it fielded seven girls teams aged 14 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #2,101 nationally and #44 of 131 in KS for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,356. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 67 matches and won 37 of them, a 55% win rate. Its strongest team, Southwest Smoke 18-1, is #974 nationally and #186 in KS, at 1,602 Elo on an 11-0 record.
Teams averaged 10 matches each over the season. The club entered four events between 7 February and 21 March, a season of about 1 month.
Those events were held in one state. 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.
#2101 nationally · Club Score 1356
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Southwest Smoke. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #2101 | 1356 | 7 |
Every team Southwest Smoke 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Smoke 18-1 | Girls | 18 | 1602 (Premier) | 11-0 | 100% |
| Southwest Smoke 14-1 | Girls | 14 | 1543 (Competitive) | 5-3 | 63% |
| Southwest Smoke 17-1 | Girls | 17 | 1536 (Competitive) | 9-3 | 75% |
| Southwest Smoke 14-2 | Girls | 14 | 1411 (Developing) | 2-4 | 33% |
| Southwest Smoke 16-1 | Girls | 16 | 1408 (Developing) | 6-6 | 50% |
| Southwest Smoke 15-2 | Girls | 15 | 1380 (Emerging) | 2-5 | 29% |
| Southwest Smoke 15-1 | Girls | 15 | 1239 (Emerging) | 2-9 | 18% |
Where Southwest Smoke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOA Select Regional Championships March 21-22 (Regional) | Kansas City/Lawrence, KS | #1582 of 3,214 | 5-1 | Southwest Smoke 17-1 — 17 Select: 5-1 |
| HOA Select Regionals March 14-15 (Regional) | Kansas City/Lawrence, KS | #1485 of 3,214 | 5-6 | Southwest Smoke 16-1 — 16 Select: 4-2; Southwest Smoke 15-1 — 15 Select: 1-4 |
| 2026 Keeper of the Plains (Regional) | Wichita, KS | #807 of 3,214 | 16-23 | Southwest Smoke 17-1 — 17 Combined: 4-2; Southwest Smoke 14-1 — 14 Combined: 5-3; Southwest Smoke 15-1 — 15 Combined: 1-5; Southwest Smoke 14-2 — 14 Combined: 2-4; Southwest Smoke 16-1 — 16 Combined: 2-4; Southwest Smoke 15-2 — 15 Combined: 2-5 |
| 2026 Shell Price Challenge (Regional) | Kansas City/Lawrence, KS | #1260 of 3,214 | 11-0 | Southwest Smoke 18-1 — 18 Select: 11-0 |