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Bentley U is a volleyball club based in Waltham, MA, ranked as high as #41 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 3 team-seasons.
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Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Bentley U is a club volleyball program based in Waltham, MA, competing in the New England region. In 2025-26 it fielded 3 teams across both programs — one women's team and two men's teams.
Its men's program ranks #41 nationally and #1 of 21 in MA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,013. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 49 matches and won 31 of them, a 63% win rate. Its strongest team, Bentley U, is #71 nationally and #4 in MA, at 1,616 Elo on a 24-12 record.
Teams averaged 25 matches each over the season. The club entered eight events between 31 January 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 eight of eight outside MA. Destinations included RI, IL, MO and NH. 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.
#41 nationally · Club Score 1013
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #256 | 824 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #41 | 1013 | 2 |
Every team Bentley 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley U | Men's | all | 1616 (Premier) | 24-12 | 67% |
| Bentley U B | Men's | all | 1514 (Competitive) | 7-6 | 54% |
Where Bentley 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 | 4-3 | Bentley U — Men's Division II: 4-3 |
| D2-Regionals-DayOne / NECVL (Regional) | Kingston, RI | #97 of 152 | 1-3 | Bentley U — D2-Regionals-DayOne / NECVL: 1-3 |
| D1-Regionals-DayOne / NECVL (Regional) | Kingston, RI | #21 of 152 | 3-1 | Bentley U — D1-Regionals-DayOne / NECVL: 3-1 |
| InterDivisional-D2-Second / NECVL (Regional) | Smithfield, RI | #104 of 152 | 1-3 | Bentley U B — InterDivisional-D2-Second / NECVL: 1-3 |
| InterDivisional-D1-Second / NECVL (Regional) | Durham, NH | #25 of 152 | 2-2 | Bentley U — InterDivisional-D1-Second / NECVL: 2-2 |
| Midwest D2 Invite / MWPVC (Competitive) | Aurora, IL | #16 of 152 | 7-1 | Bentley U — Midwest D2 Invite / MWPVC: 7-1 |
| D2-East-Conference** / NECVL (Regional) | Coventry, RI | #78 of 152 | 6-3 | Bentley U B — D2-East-Conference** / NECVL: 6-3 |
| D1-North-Conference / NECVL (Regional) | Coventry, RI | #27 of 152 | 7-2 | Bentley U — D1-North-Conference / NECVL: 7-2 |