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UC-Santa Barbara is a volleyball club based in Santa Barbara, CA, ranked as high as #11 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 2 teams in the 2026-27 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 7 team-seasons.
2 teams
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
UC-Santa Barbara is a club volleyball program based in Santa Barbara, CA. In 2026-27 it fielded two men's teams.
Its men's program ranks #11 nationally and #7 of 17 in CA for 2026-27, on a Club Score of 974. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 6 matches and won 2 of them, a 33% win rate. Its strongest team, UC Santa Barbara A, is #20 nationally and #15 in CA, at 1,515 Elo on a 2-1 record.
Teams averaged 3 matches each over the season. The club entered one event.
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.
#11 nationally · Club Score 974
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for UC-Santa Barbara. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Men's | #11 | 974 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Women's | #63 | 1021 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #14 | 1103 | 3 |
Every team UC-Santa Barbara fielded in the 2026-27 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara A | Men's | all | 1515 (Competitive) | 2-1 | 67% |
| UC Santa Barbara B | Men's | all | 1454 (Developing) | 0-3 | 0% |
Where UC-Santa Barbara competed in the 2026-27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCCVL Fall Classic 2026 | Irvine, CA | 2-4 | UC Santa Barbara B — Men's: 0-3; UC Santa Barbara A — Men's: 2-1 |