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Message: [QUOTE="CajunHusky, post: 2777178, member: 6416"] The term "Power Five " Conference only really has implications within the FBS. Although the term is used as a descriptor of conferences/universities there is no impact in any other sport within the NCAA. A discussion appears below. But what is important to note is none of this has anything to do with women's Basketball. Wikipedia: "In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football']college football[/URL], the [B]Power Five conferences[/B] (or power conferences) are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic_conference']athletic conferences[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision']Football Bowl Subdivision[/URL] (FBS) of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I']NCAA Division I[/URL], the highest level of collegiate football in the United States. These conferences are designated in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association']National Collegiate Athletic Association[/URL] (NCAA) legislation as "autonomy conferences".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] The classification of "autonomy" is not exclusive to these conferences, however, since all FBS institutions are given the opportunity to participate in additional athletic stipends.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] It should also be noted that the term "Power Five" is not defined officially anywhere in the NCAA bylaws and the origin of this label is unknown. Prior to the establishment of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff']College Football Playoff[/URL] in 2014, the Power Five conferences, as well as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979-2013)']old Big East Conference[/URL], were called "Automatic Qualifying" (AQ) conferences, because the champion of each conference received an automatic berth in one of the five [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series']Bowl Championship Series[/URL] (BCS) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_game']bowl games[/URL]. The final college football season for which the BCS was in effect was the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season']2013 season[/URL]. With [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9313_Big_East_Conference_realignment#Catholic_7']the split of the old Big East[/URL], there are now five power conferences: the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference']Atlantic Coast Conference[/URL] (ACC), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL] (B1G), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference']Big 12 Conference[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-12_Conference']Pac-12 Conference[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference']Southeastern Conference[/URL] (SEC). The power conferences make up five of the ten conferences in FBS; the other FBS conferences are informally known as the Group of Five.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-BMcMurphy-3'][3][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_programs']FBS consists of[/URL] the Power Five, the Group of Five, and a small number of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools']independent[/URL] schools. The term is also used in other college sports." The most significant impact of "Power Five" lies with the College Football Playoffs. That is for all intent and purposes you can't get in to the playoffs if you aren't a Power Five school "With the establishment of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff']College Football Playoff[/URL] in 2014, the term "automatic qualifying conference" is no longer in use, as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series']Bowl Championship Series[/URL] (BCS) has been discontinued. However, five of the six former AQ conferences are now known as the "Power Five conferences": the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference']Big Ten Conference[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference']Big 12 Conference[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference']Atlantic Coast Conference[/URL] (ACC), the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-12_Conference']Pac-12 Conference[/URL], and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference']Southeastern Conference[/URL] (SEC). The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference']American Athletic Conference[/URL] (AAC or its preferred short form of "The American"), the football successor to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)']Big East Conference[/URL], lost its status as a power conference. It is unknown where the term "Power Five Conference" originated from; it is not officially documented anywhere by the NCAA. However, it can be speculated that the driving force behind the term came from media sources, such as ESPN or CBS, that cover these teams and conferences. The American and the other four conferences in the FBS are known as the "Group of Five" (sometimes called the G5 or Go5). Besides The American, the other four members of the Group of Five are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference_USA']Conference USA[/URL] (C-USA), the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-American_Conference']Mid-American Conference[/URL] (MAC), the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference']Mountain West Conference[/URL] (MW), and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference']Sun Belt Conference[/URL]. The FBS also has six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools']independent schools[/URL] as of the upcoming 2018 season: Notre Dame, Army, BYU, Liberty, New Mexico State, and UMass. Notre Dame is currently considered equal to the Power Five schools, being a full but non-football member of the ACC with an annual five-game football scheduling agreement with that conference, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_Football_on_NBC']its own national television contract[/URL], and its own arrangement for access to the CFP-affiliated bowl games should it meet stated competitive criteria. All Power Five leagues that require their members to schedule at least one Power Five team in nonconference play (currently the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC) consider Notre Dame to be a Power Five opponent for such purposes. The Big Ten and SEC also treat BYU and Army as Power Five opponents for purposes of meeting their members' out-of-conference scheduling requirements.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-fornelli-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-bmcmurphy-5'][5][/URL] Additionally, the ACC considers BYU (but no other independent) a Power Five opponent for scheduling purposes.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] Teams from the Power Five and the Group of Five play each other during the season, and sometimes also play against FCS teams. However, many coaches of Power Five schools have argued that Power Five schools should only be allowed to schedule games against other Power Five schools.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-BMcMurphy-3'][3][/URL] In 2014, the NCAA gave the Power Five conferences greater autonomy in regards to issues such as stipends and recruiting rules.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-Autonomy-7'][7][/URL] Some Power Five conferences, including the Big Ten and SEC, require their teams to play at least one non-conference P5 opponent each season.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-bmcmurphy-5'][5][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-fornelli-4'][4][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff']College Football Playoff[/URL] rotates among six bowl games, with two bowl games used as each year as the national semi-finals, and four other bowls matching the remaining top teams in the country. These six bowl games are collectively known as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Football_Playoff_New_Year%27s_Six']"New Year's Six"[/URL]bowl games. Conference champions from the Power Five are not guaranteed a spot in the playoffs, and conference champions from the Group of Five, while not ineligible by any rule, have never been seriously considered, with selectors regularly discriminating against such conferences by claiming they have weaker schedules. Each conference champion from the Power Five and the highest-ranked Group of Five conference champion is guaranteed a spot in either the playoff or one of the four other most prestigious bowl games.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Five_conferences#cite_note-espn-seeds-8'][8][/URL]Every year, a non-Power Five team is guaranteed one bid to the New Year's Six bowls, however, so far no additional bids beyond that one have ever been granted. Nonetheless, they have notched an overall record of 3-1 in this time, making the superiority of the Power Five schools, assumed in this system, questionable." [/QUOTE]

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