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Southern Methodist is a volleyball club based in Dallas, TX, ranked as high as #147 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.
Southern Methodist is a club volleyball program based in Dallas, TX, competing in the International 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 #147 nationally and #9 of 21 in TX for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 915. That places it in the Emerging tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Its team played 27 matches and won 17, a 63% win rate. Southern Methodist A is #81 nationally and #6 in TX, at 1,682 Elo on a 17-10 record.
The club entered six 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 six 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.
#147 nationally · Club Score 915
Every season and division VolleyLens has ranked for Southern Methodist. Pick one to focus this page on it.
| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Women's | #147 | 915 | 1 |
| 2025-26 | Men's | #332 | 814 | 1 |
Every team Southern Methodist 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist A | Women's | all | 1682 (Premier) | 17-10 | 63% |
Where Southern Methodist 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 | 4-2 | Southern Methodist A — Women's Division II: 4-2 |
| SIVA Women's Championships / SIVA-W (Regional) | Bryan, TX | #22 of 134 | 2-2 | Southern Methodist A — SIVA Women's Championships / SIVA-W: 2-2 |
| Dual Match - SMU vs TCU / SIVA (Regional) | Dallas, TX | #132 of 134 | 0-1 | Southern Methodist A — Dual Match - SMU vs TCU / SIVA: 0-1 |
| SIVA Women's Crossover / SIVA-W (Regional) | Grand Prairie, TX | #18 of 134 | 4-1 | Southern Methodist A — SIVA Women's Crossover / SIVA-W: 4-1 |
| SIVA Women's Kickoff / SIVA-W (Regional) | Waco, TX | #19 of 134 | 1-3 | Southern Methodist A — SIVA Women's Kickoff / SIVA-W: 1-3 |
| SIVA Preseason Women's Club / SIVA (Regional) | Farmersw Branch, TX | #21 of 134 | 6-1 | Southern Methodist A — SIVA Preseason Women's Club / SIVA: 6-1 |