Who are the Power Five Schools?

[SLOZag]

I just saw this quote on SB's Dawg Pound website: "The Huskies were one of the first power five schools to recruit Fultz ... ."

http://www.uwdawgpound.com/2015/7/21/9008355/husky-hoops-recruiting-round-up-7-21

Does anyone know what the puppies consider themselves to be a part of when they use the term "power five schools"? I first thought it must be the powerful public schools on the west side: UW, WSU (Vancouver campus), Seattle U, Evergreen State, and Central Washington (Des Moines campus). Or perhaps it refers to the five King County powerhouses: UW, Seattle U, Central Washington (Des Moines campus), Seattle Pacific University, and the Art Institute of Seattle. Or maybe it's a reference to what they consider to be the five most powerful basketball teams that have the husky as a mascot:UW, UConn, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Michigan Technological University, and St. Cloud State University.

Perhaps someone on the Board can solve this mystery for me?

[DukeSilver]

They mean schools from the "Power Five Conferences" ... ACC, BIG 10, BIG 12, PAC 12, SEC.

[ProjectMKUltra5]

It's a reference to the power five conferences. ACC, Big10, Big12, Pac12, and SEC.

[Vanzagger]

I get your humor

Power 5 = TV football $

[Vanzagger]

I get your humor

Power 5 = TV football $

And it may not be in our lifetime but they will get it up to a 24 team playoff

[GonzagasaurusFlex]

Now that the original question has been answered, can we hijack this thread and turn it into a 'My Personal Power 5 Schools' thread?

I'll start, my Power 5 for various reasons are:

1)Gonzaga University
2)College of the Holy Cross
3)Seattle University
4)Loyola University Chicago
5)Georgetown University

Pardon my digression.....dog days of summer and all that.

[jazzdelmar]

Mine.

GU
Lafayette
Manhattan
Columbia
Princeton

[Zagnailler]

I'll go with:
Gonzaga
Notre Dame
Boston College
Yale
UConn