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American U is a volleyball club based in Washington, DC, ranked as high as #137 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 2 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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Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
American U is a club volleyball program based in Washington, DC, competing in the Chesapeake region. In 2025-26 it fielded 4 teams across both programs — two women's teams and two men's teams.
Its men's program ranks #142 nationally and #1 of 4 in DC for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 953. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 25 matches and won 7 of them, a 28% win rate. Its strongest team, American U, is #437 nationally and #3 in DC, at 1,441 Elo on a 6-13 record.
Teams averaged 13 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 three states, with three of four outside DC. Destinations included MD 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.
#142 nationally · Club Score 953
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #137 | 927 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #142 | 953 | 2 |
Every team American 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American U | Men's | all | 1441 (Developing) | 6-13 | 32% |
| American U B | Men's | all | 1440 (Developing) | 1-5 | 17% |
Where American 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 | 5-3 | American U — Men's Division IIAA: 5-3 |
| Bender Bounce / American U (Regional) | Washington, DC | #123 of 152 | 1-5 | American U B — Bender Bounce / American U: 1-2; American U — Bender Bounce / American U: 0-3 |
| Johns Hopkins Spring Invitational '26 / Johns Hopkins (Regional) | Baltimore, MD | #121 of 152 | 1-6 | American U B — Johns Hopkins Spring Invitational '26 / Johns Hopkins: 0-3; American U — Johns Hopkins Spring Invitational '26 / Johns Hopkins: 1-3 |
| ECVA D1 Central Division Play Date / ECVA (Regional) | College Park, MD | #24 of 152 | 0-4 | American U — ECVA D1 Central Division Play Date / ECVA: 0-4 |