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 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.
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 women's program ranks #227 nationally and #14 of 21 in TX for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 845. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 17 matches and won 7, a 41% win rate. Rice U is #247 nationally and #14 in TX, at 1,506 Elo on a 7-10 record.
The club entered four events between 15 November and 28 March, a season of about 4 months.
Those events were held in one state. 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.
#227 nationally · Club Score 845
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| 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 U | Women's | all | 1506 (Competitive) | 7-10 | 41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIVA Women's Championships / SIVA-W (Regional) | Bryan, TX | #22 of 134 | 2-2 | Rice U — SIVA Women's Championships / SIVA-W: 2-2 |
| SIVA Women's Crossover / SIVA-W (Regional) | Grand Prairie, TX | #18 of 134 | 2-3 | Rice U — SIVA Women's Crossover / SIVA-W: 2-3 |
| SIVA Women's Kickoff / SIVA-W (Regional) | Waco, TX | #19 of 134 | 1-3 | Rice U — SIVA Women's Kickoff / SIVA-W: 1-3 |
| SIVA Preseason Women's Club / SIVA (Regional) | Farmersw Branch, TX | #21 of 134 | 2-2 | Rice U — SIVA Preseason Women's Club / SIVA: 2-2 |