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Drake is a volleyball club based in Des Moines, IA, ranked as high as #260 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 1 team in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 2 team-seasons.
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Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Drake is a club volleyball program based in Des Moines, IA, competing in the Iowa region. In 2025-26 it fielded 2 teams across both programs — one women's team and one men's team.
Its men's program ranks #310 nationally and #3 of 5 in IA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 822. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 24 matches and won 9, a 38% win rate. Drake U is #414 nationally and #6 in IA, at 1,450 Elo on a 9-15 record.
The club entered four 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 three states, with four of four outside IA. Destinations included IL, MO and NE. 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.
#310 nationally · Club Score 822
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Drake. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #260 | 821 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #310 | 822 | 1 |
Every team Drake 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake U | Men's | all | 1450 (Developing) | 9-15 | 38% |
Where Drake 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 | 6-3 | Drake U — Men's Division IIAA: 6-3 |
| MWPVC Men's D1 Championships / MWPVC (Regional) | Mattoon, IL | #40 of 152 | 2-3 | Drake U — MWPVC Men's D1 Championships / MWPVC: 2-3 |
| Midwest D2 Invite / MWPVC (Competitive) | Aurora, IL | #16 of 152 | 1-5 | Drake U — Midwest D2 Invite / MWPVC: 1-5 |
| MWPVC Men's D1 West Regional / MWPVC (Regional) | Lincoln, NE | #53 of 152 | 0-4 | Drake U — MWPVC Men's D1 West Regional / MWPVC: 0-4 |