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Rutgers U is a volleyball club based in New Brunswick, NJ, ranked as high as #41 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 2 team-seasons.
2 teams
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Rutgers U is a club volleyball program based in New Brunswick, NJ, competing in the Garden Empire region. In 2025-26 it fielded two women's teams.
Its women's program ranks #41 nationally and #1 of 8 in NJ for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,043. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 2 teams, 1 rates Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 34 matches and won 20 of them, a 59% win rate. Its strongest team, Rutgers U A, is #29 nationally and #1 in NJ, at 1,779 Elo on a 15-7 record.
Teams averaged 17 matches each over the season. The club entered six events between 8 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 four states, with four of six outside NJ. Destinations included PA, MA and 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.
#41 nationally · Club Score 1043
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #41 | 1043 | 2 |
Every team Rutgers U 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers U A | Women's | all | 1779 (Elite) | 15-7 | 68% |
| Rutgers U B | Women's | all | 1460 (Developing) | 5-7 | 42% |
Where Rutgers U 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 | 5-3 | Rutgers U A — Women's Division IAA: 5-3 |
| NWVCL @ Rutgers / NWVCL (Regional) | New Brunswick, NJ | #72 of 134 | 6-3 | Rutgers U B — NWVCL @ Rutgers / NWVCL: 1-3; Rutgers U A — NWVCL @ Rutgers / NWVCL: 5-0 |
| NWVCL @ Montclair State / NWVCL (Regional) | Montclair, NJ | #127 of 134 | 1-3 | Rutgers U B — NWVCL @ Montclair State / NWVCL: 1-3 |
| NWVCL @ West Chester / NWVCL (Regional) | West Chester, PA | #64 of 134 | 1-2 | Rutgers U A — NWVCL @ West Chester / NWVCL: 1-2 |
| NWVCL championship / NWVCL (Regional) | Springfield, MA | #52 of 134 | 4-2 | Rutgers U A — NWVCL championship / NWVCL: 4-2 |
| NWVCL @ Villanova / NWVCL (Regional) | Villanova, PA | #86 of 134 | 3-1 | Rutgers U B — NWVCL @ Villanova / NWVCL: 3-1 |