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UW-Madison is a volleyball club based in Madison, WI, ranked as high as #5 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 5 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 5 team-seasons.
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Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
UW-Madison is a club volleyball program based in Madison, WI, competing in the Badger region. In 2025-26 it fielded 5 teams across both programs — three women's teams and two men's teams.
Its women's program ranks #5 nationally and #1 of 14 in WI for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,138. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 3 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 62 matches and won 36 of them, a 59% win rate. Its strongest team, UW-Madison A, is #31 nationally and #1 in WI, at 1,774 Elo on a 16-7 record.
Teams averaged 21 matches each over the season. The club entered four events between 14 February and 2 April, a season of about 2 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in four states, with four of four outside WI. Destinations included IL, KY, MO and OH. 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.
#5 nationally · Club Score 1138
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for UW-Madison. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #5 | 1138 | 3 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #11 | 1114 | 2 |
Every team UW-Madison 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UW-Madison B | Men's | all | 1776 (Elite) | 30-3 | 91% |
| UW-Madison A | Women's | all | 1774 (Elite) | 16-7 | 70% |
| UW-Madison A | Men's | all | 1749 (Elite) | 25-6 | 81% |
| UW-Madison B | Women's | all | 1573 (Competitive) | 15-10 | 60% |
| UW-Madison C | Women's | all | 1422 (Developing) | 5-8-1 | 36% |
Where UW-Madison 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 | 14-2 | UW-Madison A — Men's Division I: 5-2; UW-Madison B — Men's Division III: 9-0 |
| MIVA League Championship / MIVA (Premier) | Hammond, IN | #5 of 152 | 14-0 | UW-Madison B — MIVA League Championship / MIVA: 7-0; UW-Madison A — MIVA League Championship / MIVA: 7-0 |
| Hoosier-Illini Classic B Teams / Indiana U B (Regional) | Bloomington, IN | #44 of 152 | 6-0 | UW-Madison B — Hoosier-Illini Classic B Teams / Indiana U B: 6-0 |
| Hoosier-Illini Classic A Teams / Indiana U (Premier) | Bloomington, IN | #3 of 152 | 6-1 | UW-Madison A — Hoosier-Illini Classic A Teams / Indiana U: 6-1 |
| BTMVA Season / MIVA (Premier) | Several, NA | #4 of 152 | 7-3 | UW-Madison A — BTMVA Season / MIVA: 7-3 |
| MIVA B Season / MIVA (Regional) | Several, NA | #32 of 152 | 8-3 | UW-Madison B — MIVA B Season / MIVA: 8-3 |
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NCVF Championships (Elite) | Kansas City, MO | #1 of 134 | 9-8 | UW-Madison A — Women's Division I: 3-5; UW-Madison B — Women's Division III: 6-3 |
| Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W (Regional) | Normal IL, IL | #33 of 134 | 10-4 | UW-Madison B — Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W: 3-2; UW-Madison C — Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W: 2-2; UW-Madison A — Illinois State Tournament / Illinois St A-W: 5-0 |
| Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W (Regional) | Lexington, KY | #40 of 134 | 9-5 | UW-Madison A — Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W: 3-1; UW-Madison C — Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W: 2-2; UW-Madison B — Wildcat Classic / U Kentucky-W: 4-2 |
| OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W (Competitive) | Columbus, OH | #13 of 134 | 8-8 | UW-Madison B — OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W: 2-3; UW-Madison A — OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W: 5-1; UW-Madison C — OSUWCVB Regulation Tournament / Ohio St U A-W: 1-4 |