College Club Men's Volleyball · 2025-2026
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California ranks #1 among college club men's volleyball states for the 2025-2026 season with a VolleyLens state score of 86.46, fielding 42 ranked clubs · 7 elite clubs · 57 teams. The top-rated club is San Diego St U.
The best men's college club volleyball program in California for the 2025-2026 season is San Diego St U (VolleyLens club score 1117, 2 teams, 72% win rate), followed by UC-Santa Barbara and Cal Poly SLO. VolleyLens ranks every California college club program nightly using a volleyball-adapted Elo model computed from complete match results.
| Club | Score | Teams | Elite | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego St U | 1117 (Emerging) | 2 | 2 | 72% |
| UC-Santa Barbara | 1103 (Emerging) | 3 | 1 | 58% |
| Cal Poly SLO | 1070 (Emerging) | 2 | 1 | 68% |
| UC-Irvine | 1043 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 72% |
| UC-Davis | 1026 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 64% |
| CSU-Northridge | 1023 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 58% |
| UC-San Diego | 1009 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 50% |
| UC-Riverside | 966 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 48% |
| CSU-Sacramento | 953 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 39% |
| Biola | 944 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 34% |
| UC-Los Angeles | 942 (Emerging) | 1 | 1 | 73% |
| CSU-Long Beach | 926 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 45% |
| CSU-Chico | 919 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 66% |
| U La Verne | 903 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| U Southern Cal | 900 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 24% |
| CSU-Fullerton | 893 (Emerging) | 2 | 0 | 29% |
| Cal Poly Pomona | 879 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 65% |
| San Jose State U | 878 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 55% |
| UC Santa Cruz | 873 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 69% |
| Santa Clara | 873 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 59% |
| U Pacific | 868 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 75% |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | 857 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 71% |
| U San Francisco | 857 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| CSU-Monterey Bay | 856 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 57% |
| Point Loma | 854 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| UC-Berkeley | 853 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 53% |
| U San Diego | 853 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 52% |
| St Marys CA | 849 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| Loyola Marymount | 839 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 63% |
| Claremont | 836 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 46% |
| Stanford | 830 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 41% |
| CSU-Stanislaus | 829 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 53% |
| CSU-San Marcos | 825 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 45% |
| San Francisco St | 821 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 41% |
| Sonoma State | 811 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 29% |
| Totality | 808 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 27% |
| Cal Baptist | 808 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 27% |
| Cal Poly Maritime | 779 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| CSU-Fresno | 779 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 22% |
| Northeastern U Oakland | 776 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Azusa Pacific | 751 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 5% |
| CSU-Channel Islands | 731 (Emerging) | 1 | 0 | 7% |
Top 25 men's college club volleyball teams in California for the 2025-2026 season, ranked by Elo.
| Rank | Team | Age | W-L | Win% | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cal Poly SLO A | all | 31-7 | 82% | 1808 |
| 5 | San Diego St A | all | 46-20 | 70% | 1785 |
| 9 | San Diego St U B | all | 52-18 | 74% | 1754 |
| 11 | UC-Santa Barbara B | all | 44-12 | 79% | 1740 |
| 12 | UC-Los Angeles A | all | 35-13 | 73% | 1740 |
| 21 | CSU-Chico A | all | 19-10 | 66% | 1691 |
| 24 | CSU-Northridge A | all | 36-17 | 68% | 1686 |
| 28 | UC-San Diego A | all | 38-22 | 63% | 1679 |
| 31 | UC-Davis A | all | 27-9 | 75% | 1675 |
| 42 | UC-Irvine A | all | 42-17 | 71% | 1658 |
| 81 | UC-Irvine B | all | 49-19 | 72% | 1600 |
| 91 | Cal Poly Pomona A | all | 24-13 | 65% | 1592 |
| 94 | San Jose State U A | all | 16-13 | 55% | 1588 |
| 112 | UC Santa Cruz A | all | 9-4 | 69% | 1577 |
| 115 | Santa Clara U | all | 19-13 | 59% | 1577 |
| 126 | U Pacific A | all | 9-3 | 75% | 1564 |
| 129 | UC-Riverside A | all | 36-24 | 60% | 1564 |
| 154 | Cal Poly SLO B | all | 16-15 | 52% | 1546 |
| 167 | Cal Poly Humboldt A | all | 5-2 | 71% | 1537 |
| 172 | U San Francisco A | all | 4-4 | 50% | 1536 |
| 176 | CSU-Monterey Bay A | all | 4-3 | 57% | 1535 |
| 185 | CSU-Sacramento A | all | 19-18 | 51% | 1530 |
| 186 | Point Loma A | all | 16-16 | 50% | 1530 |
| 190 | UC-Berkeley A | all | 20-18 | 53% | 1528 |
| 194 | U San Diego A | all | 26-24 | 52% | 1526 |
San Diego St U is the #1-ranked men's club in California for the 2025-2026 season, with a VolleyLens club score of 1117 across 2 teams and a 72% win rate.
The top men's college club volleyball programs in California are San Diego St U, UC-Santa Barbara, Cal Poly SLO, UC-Irvine and UC-Davis — ranked by VolleyLens club score from complete 2025-2026 match results.
VolleyLens ranks California college club programs with a volleyball-adapted Elo model computed nightly from every reported match, aggregated into a club score. See the VolleyLens ranking methodology for details.