IL · USAV Gateway Region
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Blue Steel VBC is a volleyball club based in O'Fallon, IL, ranked as high as #44 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 16 teams in the 2026-27 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2026-27 across 73 team-seasons.
14 teams · Ages 14–18
Nationals champion + 7 more
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Blue Steel VBC is a club volleyball program based in O'Fallon, IL, competing in the Gateway region. In 2026-27 it fielded 14 boys teams aged 14 to 18.
Its boys program ranks #44 nationally and #9 of 36 in IL for 2026-27, on a Club Score of 1,478. That places it in the Developing tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score.
Across the season its teams played 106 matches and won 65 of them, a 61% win rate. Its strongest team, Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Black, is #91 nationally and #39 in IL, at 1,649 Elo on a 10-2 record.
Teams averaged 7 matches each over the season. The club entered two events between 10 October and 7 November, a season of about 1 month.
Those events were held in two states, with one of two outside IL. 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.
Its results on record this season include champion, finalist and semifinalist.
Everything below — teams, statistics and rankings — is for this season and program. Pick another from Season History.
#44 nationally · Club Score 1478
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boys | #44 | 1478 | 14 |
| 2025-26 | Girls | #111 | 1884 | 45 |
| 2025-26 | Boys | #53 | 1683 | 14 |
| 2024-25 | Boys | #41 | 1598 | 13 |
Every team Blue Steel VBC fielded in the 2026-27 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Black | Boys | 18 | 1649 (Premier) | 10-2 | 83% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Blue | Boys | 17 | 1588 (Competitive) | 5-1 | 83% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Black | Boys | 17 | 1582 (Competitive) | 6-5 | 55% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Black | Boys | 16 | 1557 (Competitive) | 8-4 | 67% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 14-Black | Boys | 14 | 1553 (Competitive) | 3-1 | 75% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Chen | Boys | 16 | 1544 (Competitive) | 4-2 | 67% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Chen | Boys | 16 | 1539 (Competitive) | 4-1 | 80% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-White | Boys | 18 | 1509 (Competitive) | 4-2 | 67% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 13-Black | Boys | 13 | 1500 (Competitive) | 0-0 | 0% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 14-Black | Boys | 14 | 1500 (Competitive) | 0-0 | 0% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Blue | Boys | 18 | 1495 (Developing) | 8-4 | 67% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Black | Boys | 15 | 1492 (Developing) | 5-6 | 45% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Blue | Boys | 17 | 1489 (Developing) | 2-2 | 50% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Blue | Boys | 15 | 1482 (Developing) | 2-3 | 40% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-White | Boys | 18 | 1466 (Developing) | 3-3 | 50% |
| Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Blue | Boys | 15 | 1432 (Developing) | 1-5 | 17% |
Where Blue Steel VBC competed in the 2026-27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2-Day STL Boys Ladder Series (Regional) | Saint Louis, MO | #54 of 92 | 31-27 | Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Blue — 16-18 Boys: 5-1; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Black — 16-18 Boys: 3-3; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Blue — 16-18 Boys: 3-3; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-White — 16-18 Boys: 4-2; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Black — 16-18 Boys: 4-2; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 14-Black — 14 Boys: 3-1; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Chen — 16-18 Boys: 4-2; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Black — 16-18 Boys: 2-4; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Black — 16-18 Boys: 2-4; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Blue — 16-18 Boys: 1-5 |
| Boys' Midwest Clash Series 1 (Regional) | O'Fallon, IL | #69 of 92 | 34-14 | Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Blue — 18 Club: 2-2; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 17-Black — 18 Club: 3-2; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-White — 18 Club: 3-3; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Blue — 16 Club: 2-3; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Blue — 18 Club: 5-1; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 18-Black — 18 Club: 6-0; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Chen — 16 Club: 4-1; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 15-Black — 16 Club: 3-2; Blue Steel VBC BOYS 16-Black — 16 Club: 6-0 |