Group of Five

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The Group of Five refers to the five NCAA Division I FBS football conferences outside the traditional power conferences, generally considered to have less financial resources, media exposure, and competitive depth.

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Group of Five canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA Division I FBS subdivision
college athletic conference grouping
informal sports designation
appliesTo NCAA Division I FBS conferences only
characteristic generally have fewer financial resources than Power Five conferences
generally have less national media exposure than Power Five conferences
generally have less overall competitive depth than Power Five conferences
competitionLevel NCAA Division I
surface form: NCAA Division I FBS
contrastWith Power Five
country United States of America
surface form: United States
excludes FCS conferences
independent FBS programs not in those five conferences
feature fewer nationally televised games than Power Five
limited access to College Football Playoff compared with Power Five
smaller average athletic department budgets than Power Five
focus football-centric classification even when conferences sponsor multiple sports
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
grantsAccessTo New Year’s Six bowl berth for highest-ranked champion under CFP system
hasMemberType FBS football programs
universities
includesConference American Athletic Conference
Conference USA
Mid-American Conference
Mountain West Conference
Sun Belt Conference
language English term
notableImpact creates separate resource tier within FBS football
provides FBS membership opportunities for smaller and mid-major institutions
numberOfConferences 5
region North America
relatedConcept Autonomy conferences
non-autonomy FBS conferences
relativeTo Power Five
surface form: Power Five conferences
sport American football
sportingFormat regular-season conference play plus conference championship games in some leagues
subdivisionOf FBS conferences
timePeriod 21st century
typicalMediaPartners CBS Sports
surface form: CBS Sports Network

ESPN
regional sports networks
usedInContext bowl game tie-ins
college football playoff access
media rights negotiations

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Power Five contrastWith Group of Five
P5 contrastedWith Group of Five