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Howard is a volleyball club based in Washington DC, DC, ranked as high as #288 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.
Howard is a club volleyball program based in Washington DC, DC, competing in the Chesapeake region. In 2025-26 it fielded 2 teams across both programs — one women's team and one men's team.
Its women's program ranks #288 nationally and #4 of 4 in DC for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 806. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 18 matches and won 7, a 41% win rate. Howard U is #367 nationally and #4 in DC, at 1,409 Elo on a 7-10 record.
The club entered three events between 2 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 two states, with one of three outside DC. 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.
#288 nationally · Club Score 806
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Howard. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #288 | 806 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #311 | 822 | 1 |
Every team Howard 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard U | Women's | all | 1409 (Developing) | 7-10-1 | 39% |
Where Howard 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 134 | 3-5 | Howard U — Women's Division IIAA: 3-5 |
| George Washington Buff & Blue Classic / George Wash U-W (Regional) | Washington, DC | #34 of 134 | 1-4 | Howard U — George Washington Buff & Blue Classic / George Wash U-W: 1-4 |
| AU Spring Classic 2026 / American U (Regional) | Washington, DC | #128 of 134 | 3-1 | Howard U — AU Spring Classic 2026 / American U: 3-1 |