TX · USAV Columbia Empire Region
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Rice is a volleyball club based in Houston, TX, ranked as high as #111 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.
Rice is a club volleyball program based in Houston, TX, competing in the Columbia Empire 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 #111 nationally and #6 of 24 in TX for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 971. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 46 matches and won 19 of them, a 41% win rate. Its strongest team, Rice B, is #284 nationally and #14 in TX, at 1,493 Elo on a 7-9 record.
Teams averaged 23 matches each over the season. The club entered seven events between 15 November and 2 April, a season of about 5 months. Of those, 1 was an Elite or Premier event — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in two states, with one of seven outside TX. The out-of-state travel was to 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.
#111 nationally · Club Score 971
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Rice. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #227 | 845 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #111 | 971 | 2 |
Every team Rice 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice B | Men's | all | 1493 (Developing) | 7-9 | 44% |
| Rice U | Men's | all | 1463 (Developing) | 12-18 | 40% |
Where Rice 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 | 2-5 | Rice U — Men's Division II: 2-5 |
| SIVA Men's Elite Eight / SIVA (Regional) | Austin, TX | #135 of 152 | 1-4 | Rice U — SIVA Men's Elite Eight / SIVA: 1-4 |
| SIVA Men's Championships / SIVA (Regional) | Bryan, TX | #95 of 152 | 3-3 | Rice U — SIVA Men's Championships / SIVA: 1-2; Rice B — SIVA Men's Championships / SIVA: 2-1 |
| SIVA Men's Crossover / SIVA (Regional) | Grand Prairie, TX | #82 of 152 | 6-2 | Rice B — SIVA Men's Crossover / SIVA: 3-1; Rice U — SIVA Men's Crossover / SIVA: 3-1 |
| SIVA Men's Kickoff / SIVA (Regional) | Waco, TX | #81 of 152 | 3-6 | Rice B — SIVA Men's Kickoff / SIVA: 1-3; Rice U — SIVA Men's Kickoff / SIVA: 2-3 |
| SIVA Preseason Men's Club / SIVA (Regional) | Farmersw Branch, TX | #72 of 152 | 1-4 | Rice B — SIVA Preseason Men's Club / SIVA: 1-4 |
| SIVA Preseason Men's Power / SIVA (Regional) | Farmersw Branch, TX | #107 of 152 | 3-3 | Rice U — SIVA Preseason Men's Power / SIVA: 3-3 |