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U South Dakota is a volleyball club based in Vermillion, SD, ranked as high as #96 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 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.
U South Dakota is a club volleyball program based in Vermillion, SD, competing in the Great Plains region. In 2025-26 it fielded 3 teams across both programs — two women's teams and one men's team.
Its men's program ranks #316 nationally and #2 of 2 in SD for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 821. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 9 matches and won 3, a 33% win rate. U South Dakota A is #424 nationally and #2 in SD, at 1,446 Elo on a 3-6 record.
The club entered two events between 28 February and 28 March, a season of about 1 month.
Those events were held in one state, with two of two outside SD. The out-of-state travel was to MN. 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.
#316 nationally · Club Score 821
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for U South Dakota. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #96 | 978 | 2 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #316 | 821 | 1 |
Every team U South Dakota 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U South Dakota A | Men's | all | 1446 (Developing) | 3-6 | 33% |
Where U South Dakota 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVC D2 - Conf Chps / NVC (Regional) | Shakopee, MN | #122 of 152 | 2-2 | U South Dakota A — NVC D2 - Conf Chps / NVC: 2-2 |
| NVC D2 - Concordia College / NVC (Regional) | Moorhead, MN | #114 of 152 | 1-4 | U South Dakota A — NVC D2 - Concordia College / NVC: 1-4 |