It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.
This was the seventh overall meeting between these two teams, with USC leading the series 6–0 before this game.
The last time these two teams met was in 1966 when #5 USC defeated the unranked Badgers 38–3 in a regular season non-conference game.
[3][4] Source:[2] Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.
Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.